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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum continued to make controversial statements Sunday. The latest is about the separation of church and state, which Santorum says prohibits people of faith from the "public square."
"I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute," Santorum said Sunday on ABC's "This Week."
He was referring to a 1960 speech by then-presidential candidate John F. Kennedy on religion and governance, which Santorum said "makes me throw up."
"Because the first line, first substantive line in the speech says, 'I believe in America where the separation of church and state is absolute," the former Pennsylvania senator said. "You bet that makes you throw up."
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57385430-503544/santorum-church-state-separation-not-absolute/
Mumble
(201 posts)I'm so tired of hearing these clowns ask everyone if they are Christians, or speculate if others are good enough to be called Christian. If you are not a Christian according to them apparently you are a piece of sh$t.
Orangepeel
(13,933 posts)Unfortunately, it won't. People who would never vote for a candidate because he/she said such a thing, would never have voted for Santorum anyway.
Now, if a candidate said he/she was an atheist, that would kill a campaign. But something like 40% of the country says they believe the Bible is literally true (and that's not just because they misunderstand the word literal)
GP6971
(31,101 posts)that is un American as I can posibly imagine