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Santorum quotes gay slur to defend anti-LGBT discrimination
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2015/04/05/santorum-quotes-gay-slur-to-defend-anti-lgbt-discrimination/Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum invoked on Sunday the “God Hates Fags” slogans on signs from the virulently anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church to defend the right of businesses to deny services in public accommodations.
“If you’re a print shop, and you are a gay man, should you forced to print ‘God Hates Fags’ for the Westboro Baptist Church because they hold those signs up,” Santorum said. “And this is really the case here: Should the government force you to do that? And that’s what these cases are all about. Because this is about the government coming in and saying, ‘No we’re going to make you do this.’ And this is where I think we just need some space to say, ‘Let’s have some tolerance be a two-way street.'”
During an appearance on CBS News “Face the Nation,” Santorum drew on the example of the Westboro Baptist Church signs when questioned about the controversial Indiana religious freedom law to make the case tolerance should be a “two-way street” between LGBT people and social conservatives.
“No business should discriminate against someone because of who you are, but it should have the ability to say we’re not going to participate in certain activities that we disagree with from a religious point of view,” Santorum said.
“If you’re a print shop, and you are a gay man, should you forced to print ‘God Hates Fags’ for the Westboro Baptist Church because they hold those signs up,” Santorum said. “And this is really the case here: Should the government force you to do that? And that’s what these cases are all about. Because this is about the government coming in and saying, ‘No we’re going to make you do this.’ And this is where I think we just need some space to say, ‘Let’s have some tolerance be a two-way street.'”
During an appearance on CBS News “Face the Nation,” Santorum drew on the example of the Westboro Baptist Church signs when questioned about the controversial Indiana religious freedom law to make the case tolerance should be a “two-way street” between LGBT people and social conservatives.
“No business should discriminate against someone because of who you are, but it should have the ability to say we’re not going to participate in certain activities that we disagree with from a religious point of view,” Santorum said.
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