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After meeting with opponents of Washington State's recent legalization of gay marriage, Rick Santorum was shouted down by Occupy protestors at a rally outside the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/santorum-shouted-down-at-washington-state-rally
Rick Santorum meets with gay-marriage foes in Washington state
"I told them to keep up the fight, that this is an important issue for our families; it is an important issue for religious liberty," the former Pennsylvania senator said of his meeting with church leaders, during a news conference Monday afternoon.
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"We have a serious issue about trying to get moms and dads to marry and stay together," he said.
"I dont see this as encouraging that. I think that at least from my perspective it tends to water down marriage instead of encouraging men and women to form healthy marriages, and that to me should be the objective of the government because that is in the best interests of our society."
Santorum lashed out at gay-marriage backers for insulting those who feel differently, taking exception to a recent 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that struck down Californias ban on same-sex marriage.
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view/20120214rick_santorum_meets_with_gay-marriage_foes_in_washington_state/srvc=home&position=recent
The Ruling that Santorum is railing against here:
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2012/02/07/1016696com.pdf
Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)DMNinFL
(105 posts)this goomer is the Republican nominee. Seriously!
He will bring the whole party down. Then, the House
can be re-taken, and the Senate can be kept in
sane hands.
txlibdem
(6,183 posts)They are headed for a downfall in November. Vote the Republicans and DINOs out of office in November!
libtodeath
(2,888 posts)Good on them,evil must be met,resisted and turned away wherever it shows its ugly and hateful head.
This idiot will lose by the biggest margin in history if he is the candidate.
WingDinger
(3,690 posts)"I dont see this as encouraging that. I think that at least from my perspective it tends to water down marriage instead of encouraging men and women to form healthy marriages
Fewere men and women should be encouraged to marry. Half, to be exact. And hosed down just might do it. Men and women marrying cuz Gov said so, is the stupidest reason to marry. And to lay that on same sex couples, is about the least show of personal responsibility I have heard.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)believe those young girls are suppressed at home from thinking on their own. They seemed to have lived a very sheltered life. When you go out into the working world things are so different. They are in for a shock.
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)Marry out of HS and starting makes babies. Little Ricky's Brave New World.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)Santorum lashed out at gay-marriage backers for insulting those who feel differently, taking exception to a recent 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that struck down Californias ban on same-sex marriage.
"Its pretty intolerant to suggest that people have no rational reason to be in favor of this institution that has been the bulwark of society for 235 years," Santorum said, calling for both sides of the marriage debate to "be respectful."
In its ruling, a three-judge 9th Circuit panel said Californias ban on gay marriage "serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California."
Actually Rick, you are arguing with the court here, so it is not really a situation of "both sides being respectful." And while the court is not accepting your reasoning, it did not say "there is no rational reason ......." What it basically said is that the main effect of a ban is to lessen the dignity of gays and lesbians and that a ban serves no other purpose. Now you think a ban does serve a purpose, but the court disagrees with you. That is not the same as being disrespectful of your argument.
OTOH, many of us do have little respect for your argument, because we can say what the court cannot, that your argument that being FOR gay marriage is somehow being AGAINST hetero marriage. You see Rick, that argument does not make a great deal of sense, some might say it makes no sense, so it is really really hard to have much respect for such an argument. You see Rick, as in many situations, respect must be earned. And you don't earn respect for your arguments by saying things which make no sense. A gay marriage does not somehow diminish your hetero marriage no matter how many times you and others repeat that claim.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)By Igor Volsky
Occupy Wall Street protesters nearly drowned out Rick Santorum for 44 minutes as he tried to deliver remarks at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, Washington on Monday night. Speaking from a balcony, Santorum sought to condemn the states newly-enacted same-sex marriage law and the Ninth Circuits ruling against Proposition 8, but was repeatedly interrupted by protesters yelling, we are the 99 percent. Santorum told the protesters to go out and get a job, adding:
Before he could mischaracterize the courts decision, however, a scuffle broke out. Police shoved two men to the ground, tased and arrested them. Santorum briefly paused in his remarks and said, Lets give a hand to our men and women in uniform. Its not easy.
He described the protesters as a radical element that represents true intolerance, but claimed that he understood their frustration at being left behind by a president that doesnt care about them. We got to provide an opportunity for them, he insisted. Instead of standing here unemployed, yelling at somebody, to go out out there and try to work for a living. Watch videos of the event:
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http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/02/14/424729/protesters-shout-down-santorum-as-he-speaks-out-against-marriage-equality-in-washington-state/
This asshole wants to be President?
KansDem
(28,498 posts)Made me think of this photo of Ed Wood, writer and director of "Plan Nine from Outer Space."
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)That's what happens when you light a person from beneath.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Remember all the town hall shoutdowns perpetrated by teabagging subhuman scumfucks during the health care debate in 2009?
This is sweet, sweet REVENGE!
DMNinFL
(105 posts)I remember on town hall where a woman in a wheel chair was shouted down.
It brought her to tears. Protesting a speech with a mic check is nothing
close to as bad as that. Concrete brains like Santorum deserve what they
get when it comes to the potential voters. Give Ricky and all the Rethug
candidates hell.
jimlup
(7,968 posts)It always gives the ass-clown (in this case Rick-Belongs locked in a-Sanatorium) gets a media sound bit out of it. And the sound bit is almost always an exact counter-factual. In this case it was that the "Occupy Movement were the ones who were intolerant". (Which we know to be the reverse of the truth - but that is a hard sound bit to counter...)
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)How does the legal recognition of same sex marriage affect the ability of men and women to form a healthy marriage (I presume he's talking about marriage between a man and a woman)? Or is this one of those fact- and reality-free assertions that is just allowed a pass from the Bulldogs of the Fourth Estate because it's being spouted by some right-wing nincompoop?
libodem
(19,288 posts)Tonight. I might go protest.