Santorum: Marriage Amendment=Chance To End "Treat People Nicely" Approach

[kpete]

Santorum calls marriage amendment an opportunity to end 'we should treat people nicely' approach

Max Blumenthal
Published: Thursday June 1, 2006

On May 24, Republican Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania appeared on the nationally syndicated radio show, "Janet Parshall's America," to discuss the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA), a bill that would amend the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.

During the broadcast, Santorum called same-sex marriage "harmful to our country," mocked the term "alternative lifestyles" and described the FMA as a means "to counter what Hollywood is purveying to our young people."

He pointed to the film Brokeback Mountain as an example of insidious homosexual influence in popular culture.

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While Parshall and Santorum acknowledged the FMA's bleak prospect of passing a full Senate vote, Parshall cast the bill as an attempt to "speak back to the culture." Santorum agreed, declaring that the debate over the FMA would be "an opportunity for us to get beyond, you know, 'We should treat people nicely.'"

more at:
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Santorum_calls_Federal_Marriage_Amendment_an_0601.html

[donco6]

1. Well that makes sense.

Treating people nicely doesn't really fit with the Republican agenda, now does it?

[in_cog_ni_to]

2. HOW is same sex marriage "harmful to our country?"

I'm STILL waiting for someone to explain that to me. Also, how does same sex marriage ruin MY marriage? How does it even begin to affect my husband and myself??

INSANEtorum is a jackass who needs to get a fucking LIFE!

[Matariki]

8. well, if the "Gay Lifestyle" becomes acceptable

all those closet case fundies would be free to act on their secret desires. what a crisis that would be. hell, they might realize where their black, black hearts truly lie and THAT would be a threat to their passionless, sexless sham of a marriage.

but then, i am too obvious, no?

[villager]

3. Poor closeted Rick.

Wonder where he keeps his "Tom of Finland" comics?

[donco6]

16. Hey! Don't push him into our camp.

He can just go emasculate himself for all I care. Worthless sack of shit.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

28. bullshit!

STRAIGHT people are quite capable of hatred

when a racist speaks do you think he is a closeted black man?

[villager]

30. I think there's something "unfinished" about these men who are so scared

of "queers." Projection abounds.

[villager]

31. delete the repeat!

[yellowcanine]

4. What a pantload he is. Someone should deposit a load of garbage in the

driveway of his fancy Virginia house.

[Beetwasher]

5. Can't Have That Now, Right? I Mean, Tolerance, What An Ugly Word!

If you don't have the same beliefs as me, I'll force mine on you, because, after all, you're sub-human. And don't you dare complain about me forcing my beliefs on you because that's intolerant and persecution! :eyes:

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. How did a shit for brains like that ever get into the Senate?

[Tesha]

10. How did Bush get to be president? Answer: Powerful friends. (NT)

[malachi]

29. Pennsylvania - Land of Giants. The middle of this state is as

deformed as anything the south or mid-west can produce. A veritable empty wasteland, devoid of anything but empty headed cretins leading empty worthless fucking lives. Other than that PA is a wonderful place to live. My sincerest apologies to those who live in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

[BOSSHOG]

7. "Conservatives" want to make hate crimes legal in America

Period. Their lives revolve around hate and republicans know it. How sad for all of them.

[pepperbear]

9. what did tony soprano call him...

"Rick Sanitorium"?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

11. Aww..Stick a jock-strap in it, Ricky.

[donsu]

12. "speak back to the culture." whatever the hell that means

nt

[donco6]

17. Exactly - I mean, if the culture accepts it,

who is he to "speak back to it"? What culture is he from, anyway? Fundiewhackistan?

[sinkingfeeling]

13. How very Christian of him.

[lolly]

24. Exactly.

I mean, how can he expect to be a Good Christian when people are going around asking him to "treat people nicely?"

It's those damn secular humanists attacking Christian ideals again!

[11 Bravo]

14. Stuff a cock ...err...sock in it, Sphinctorum.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

15. Ricky: We voters in Pennsylvania don't plan on treating you nicely in Nov

GET THE HELL OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA YOU CRAZY, HATEFUL, INSECURE ZEALOT!!!!

[xchrom]

18. santorum is a tapeworm with vocal chords.

[Avalux]

19. bwaaahaahaa!

:rofl:

[madmusic]

20. So, they are coming out of the Nazi closet n/t

[Marnieworld]

21. Let me get this straight

They want to codify the condemnation of homosexuals into the Constitution because it offends their christianity but they are against the concept of "treating people nicely"? I'm no biblical scholar but wasn't Jesus really into treating people nicely? I thought that was a big idea of his. Jeesh!
:eyes:

[blogslut]

22. Push your little wedge issue Ricky

I won't make you a resident of Pennsylvania. You're still going to lose your Senate seat.

[Aristus]

23. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

Well...it got Christ crucified...... :eyes:

[ComerPerro]

25. Its true! 94% of straight people who saw Brokeback are now gay

I know its true because I heard it on Faux News....

[porphyrian]

26. Can we stop treating proselytizing assholes nicely, too?

Especially asshole lawmakers?

[bunkerbuster1]

27. This brand of "Christianity" should come out of the closet

This filthy, violent, warmongering wad-of-fuck "Christianity" should at least be open about its ugliness. Kudos to Man-on-Dog for having the balls to say what is in every American Christofascist pig's heart.

And enjoy your retirement starting in January 2007, because you are history.