Karen Santorum: Gays ‘vilify’ my husband
source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/16/karen-santorum-gays-vilify-my-husband/
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Monday, January 16, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s wife, Karen, on Monday accused the gay community of vilifying her husband.
At an event with mothers in South Carolina, a woman, who said her son was gay, told the candidate that she felt guilty for supporting him due to his opposition to gay rights.
“I still have that sense of guilt because his friends react to what they hear,” the woman explained. “Help me. How do I deal with that?”
Karen Santorum spoke up in defense of her husband.
“As Rick’s wife, I have known him and loved him for 23 years,” she said. “I think it’s very sad what the gay activists have done out there. They vilify him. It is so wrong. He loves them. What he has simply said is marriage shouldn’t happen.”
“As far as hating, it’s very unfortunate that has happened,” Karen Santorum added. “A lot of it is backyard bullying, where people will come up to us and they’ll say something. And we’ll ask them to give us an example, and they can’t even provide one example as to why they took the position they took.”
After Santorum compared homosexuality to “man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be” in an interview with The Associated Press in 2003, gay activist Dan Savage created a website redefining the former Pennsylvania senator’s last name as “the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the by-product of anal sex.”
For years, Google has returned Savage’s website as the top search result for “Santorum.”
“The Internet allows for this type of vulgarity to circulate,” the candidate complained to Roll Call last year. “It’s unfortunate that we have someone who obviously has some issues. But he has an opportunity to speak.”
Speaking to CafeMom’s “Moms Matter 2012″ on Monday, Santorum said he was “doing what I’m called to do, which is to love everyone and accept everybody.”
“This is a public policy difference,” he said. “And I think the problem is that some see that public policy difference as a personal assault, that because I believe that marriage, which has existed before governments existed — marriage existed from the very beginning of time — it’s the way we were meant to be.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/16/karen-santorum-gays-vilify-my-husband/
Watch this video from CNN, broadcast Jan. 16, 2012.
"Eeeesh, a Guy would think they would have asked him to just shut up???"
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JangoFetish
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Sanitorium vilifies Christians
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JangoFetish
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Paratus
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Everyone has the right to their opinion. His, and hers, is just as valid as anyone elses. I understand that this acceptance of others ideas doesn't sit well with progressives. They consider anyone who does sing their song to be lesser mortals deserving of nothing. She needs to get used to it. The higher her husband goes int he polls or in primary success the more "villifying" will happen.
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Paratus
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jubal
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Karen Santorum is equally as guilty of the same crap that her hubby wubby who is secretly gay is. She had an adulterous relationship and fornicated before marriage. She is a hypocrite to her own faith.
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jubal
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JangoFetish
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jubal:
almost every Christian I know will admit to fornication. Fornication has been "decriminalized" in the Christian faith over the years until ther is no more personal convictions for it.
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JangoFetish
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cantucwearebrothers
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I fail to see how you can 'love them', but not extend to them the same privileges you have.
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cantucwearebrothers
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DEM46
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Let's face facts.
First, even moderate democrats have to come out (no pun here :) against gay marriage even though they support all other rights. Where Santorum differs is his rhetoric has been far more homophobic and destructive in the past to pander to his conservative base.
Just because he's reining it in a bit lately doesn't mean he's not a bigot. Maybe his wife should look back at some of his hate speech in the past then place blame where it belongs; with her husband.
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DEM46
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Varex_Sythe
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It's ok Santorum, you're not the only person to be vilified by a group of people.
After all, Darth Vader was vilified by those evil, godless, rebels.
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Varex_Sythe
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Incredulous
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“This is a public policy difference,” he said. “And I think the problem is that some see that public policy difference as a personal assault, that because I believe that marriage, which has existed before governments existed — marriage existed from the very beginning of time — it’s the way we were meant to be.”
"I believe" and "public policy" do not pair well. I believe is a subjective statement. Public policy is an objective consensus.
Definition of Objective and Subjective
Objective is a statement that is completely unbiased. It is not touched by the speaker’s previous experiences or tastes. It is verifiable by looking up facts or performing mathematical calculations.Subjective is a statement that has been colored by the character of the speaker or writer. It often has a basis in reality, but reflects the perspective through which the speaker views reality. It cannot be verified using concrete facts and figures.
http://www.differencebetween.net/language/difference-between-objective-and-subje...
I am beginning to see how Santorum earned the rating "dumbest man in Congress."
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Incredulous
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KB723
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Incredulous:
Excellent comment Incredulous, Thanks for the Link... =)
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KB723
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nardo1224
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They would have done better letting Regan speak. At least people would know the true foundation of her beliefs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSxuXQCEC7M - 4 months ago
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nardo1224
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Wyley_Wombat
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Usually the more vehemently they deny it, the more likely they are in the closet themselves. That closet is really getting crowded with all the re-Pigs and right wing loons in there. Larry Craig, Mark Foley, Ted Haggard, and that daddy of them all J Edgar Hoover, with his penchant for young boys, just to name a few. Listen Ricky boy, remember one of your former adversaries is no longer campaigning, she could help you "pray the gay away".
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Wyley_Wombat
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KB723
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Wyley_Wombat:
Hooray!!! Ted Haggard a local Hero??? =)
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KB723
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Wyley_Wombat
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KB723:
Yepper, he is the hypocrite's Hypocrite. Eh HEH!
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KB723
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Wyley_Wombat:
Sadly So... =)
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KB723
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bike10
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He speaks with fork tongue.
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bike10
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coolplanet
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O wow!
We have a new category of denier popping up here.
The classic closet case busting our ass.
Only in America. - 4 months ago
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coolplanet
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MarkAssBuster
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MarkAssBuster
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joeredford [removed]
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MarkAssBuster:
Who made the interpretation of what an "average homosexual" was? The average one that is in a committed relationship? The average one that goes to bars for sex just as some heterosexuals go to bars for sex? What study is this and who conducted it? When ? Where? Or did you pull this ridiculous, homophobic shit off the Westboro Baptist Church Website? The "average " homosexual, indeed! You have some nerve posting garbage like this you pig, but what else is one to expect from a loser who would use a handle like " markassbuster "? Pathetic,utterly pathetic.
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MarkAssBuster
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joeredford: This comment was removed as a violation of community guidelines.
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joeredford [removed]
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MarkAssBuster:
Shove off,you homophobic loser. Your disgusting bigotry is not worth anyone's time. The world has passed you and your ignorance by.
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joeredford [removed]
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LivingPong
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Santorum should not be allowed near dogs or children if he wants to talk like that about them. He's already taken anyway, I'm not sure what he is worried about. I wouldn't marry Rick for $1,000,000, not even $1,000,001, even if he flashed those eyes of his at me, flicked his hair. Wait, is that a comb over? What was I thinking?
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LivingPong
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coolplanet
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LivingPong:
He's too sexy for himself.
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coolplanet
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coolplanet
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We in Pennsylvania kicked this stupid asshole out in 2006 by a landslide.
Our motto?
STOPRICK!!! - 4 months ago
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coolplanet
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joeredford [removed]
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coolplanet:
And there were two votes in this household against him. What a sore loser!
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Wetdog
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Well Karen, maybe gays "vilify" your husband because he attacks and vilifies them.
Think about it awhile. I know it is a difficult concept to comprehend.
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Wetdog
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joeredford [removed]
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Your wife said you love us Ricky...come join us. Come on Ricky ...you know you want to. Hey...Ricky....Hey ...Ricky. Hey...Ricky. I got something for you.
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joeredford [removed]
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Milieu
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Mme Santorum, perhaps it might be that you vilify yourselves, no?
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Milieu
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cherry5000
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what a maroon!!! that's all I can say about her.
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cherry5000
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cherry5000:
maroon?
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warman1138
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Note to the Santorum's: if you hate somebody don't be surprised if they don't like you.
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warman1138
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MSII
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Pretty much -EVERYONE- vilifies her husband...
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MSII
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H3ADLINE
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Her comments reveal two of the most obnoxious consequences of faith-impaired thinking: hypocrisy, and inability to comprehend irony.
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KB723
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H3ADLINE:
Hmmm, Me Too, maybe I need some rest... =)
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KB723
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AreOh
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This lady is delusional. Santorum has said some really ugly things about the gay community, as well as being a propagating the idea that withholding basic rights is the right thing to do, which is completely against what America stands for. And she is surprised that he's received such a negative reaction?
She continues the fine GOP tradition of having no grip on reality. What a comedy sketch.
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AreOh
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KB723
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AreOh:
Behind every Good Man, is a Good Woman??? =)
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KB723
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littlwarrior
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Well I agree I doubt he actually hates gays. I am sure that he in his moral benevolent loves the gays and believes that he must save them all from the terrible pits of hell, and protect the children of the nation from gay parents. (Oh god I need sarcasm font!)
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KB723
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littlwarrior:
I wish I could Help!!! Voted Up... =)
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KB723
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Leen61
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And another thing I must add---His wife is even more of a blithering idiot...(if that's possible) by saying "my husband Rick loves everybody." Then she immediately follows that with basically "those goddamn gays hate my husband." Could it possibly be that he doesn't think they deserve the same rights?
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Leen61
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KB723
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Leen61:
I am guessing he is just following the Party Lines..... =)
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KB723
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Leen61
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KB723:
KB, Santorum's homophobia takes it to a even higher level.
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Leen61
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Leen61:
Eeeeesh, I don't even want to picture in my mind, What That could mean.... =)
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KB723
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KB723:
KB, I mean his aversion to gays makes him go over the top with the normal party line of anti-gay rhetoric. He just puts it out there stronger than any other GOP candidate and it's almost his calling card to his faithful supporters. There's nothing anatomical involved. :)
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Leen61
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Leen61
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This ass is a blithering idiot! That mother never got her question answered! He did not make his case against gay marriage. He didn't make any point at all...except to plug his stupid book. I would've yelled STFU! And what did throwing out Tim Tebow's name have to do with anything?
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Leen61
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KB723
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Leen61:
LOL!!! I was just as confused as you... =)
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KB723
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KB723
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Karen Santorum: Gays ‘vilify’ my husband
"Eeeesh, a Guy would think they would have asked him to just shut up???"
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