Santorum: "Defending marriage is the ultimate homeland security!"

[Bluebear]

His future opponents should use this quote from Drama Queen to highlight his real priorities in protecting our "homeland".
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"I would argue that the future of our country hangs in the balance because the future of marriage hangs in the balance," said Sen. Rick Santorum, a leader in the fight to approve the measure. "Isn't that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?"

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040714/ap_on_go_co/gay_marriage_20

[Parche]

1. amendment

Protecting marriage from what?

These right wingers just dont get it
What are they so afraid of?

[Zeke]

23. Those Who Yell The Loudest...

Have something to hide.

I truely believe the Santorums, the Tom DeLays of the world, et al are gay and in the closet.

All Santorum's yelling is over-compensation to the max.

[terrya]

2. This statement is one of the most irrational I've ever read. I think he...

has mental problems.

[asjr]

19. I think he is just another damned mean bigot like the

rest of the Repubs.

[redstateblues]

34. Just When I Thought My Senator Frist Was The Most

bumbling tool in Karl Rove's toolbox, Santorum comes on and outdoes him. Frist was actually a good man until he was recruited by the Repugs. He did a lot of good things as a surgeon. It saddens me to see his bumbling attempts at being a politician trying to jump when Karl says jump. It's pathetic.

[ibegurpard]

3. What a fucking tool.

I really hope the people of Pennsylvania wake up and give Sphinctorum his walking papers next election.

[lefty_mcduff]

4. Clue phone for Mr. Santorum. Paging Mr. Santorum.

Please pick up the white courtesy clue phone - the future of the country has NOTHING do to with ANY form of marriage.

[drdigi420]

5. Tell Santorum the WTC wasnt knocked down by gay people

It was knocked down by OTHER homophobes

[terrya]

10. He's parroting Falwell on that one.

Remember Reverend Fuckface's infamous comment after 09/11 about gay people, feminists, the ACLU and pro-choice people causing 09/11?

[northzax]

26. no no you have it a little wrong

and it's a key point. He never said the VLWC caused 9/11, but that our tolerance led to God removing his sphere of protection from the US which let the terrorists do it.

see? a difference.

[blm]

6. Yet he enables RevMoon, the mass marrier of complete strangers

who he has decided should marry.

Santorum, I hope the people of Pennsylvania wise up to your true Moonie ways. Stop pretending to be a Catholic.

[Ellen Forradalom]

7. I think he's a major closet case

He's busy protecting his marital security from his inner homosexual terrorist.

[hatrack]

8. Reminds me of Phil Gramm and his line of laughable bullshit

At one point in the 1990s he was maundering at great length on the floor of the Senate, blathering that what America needed was "full-time families and part-time government."

Some Democrat (whose name escapes me) jumped up and asked if the gentleman from Texas would prefer a part-time Marine Corps, or a part-time FBI. Gramm (R - Asshat) didn't say too much after that.

[Ellen Forradalom]

14. LOL

just priceless!

[aquart]

9. Have homeland security funds been diverted to gaybashing?

Is he proposing such action?

[jobycom]

11. Would you repeat that to the relatives of Mark Bingham, Mr. Santorum?

You remember, he was one of the heroes who rushed the terrorists on Flight 93, and may have saved your sorry ass?

Santorum is literally claiming that it would have been worse for Mark Bingham to marry someone he loved than for that plane to strike the Capitol?

[Bluebear]

16. Rest in peace Mark. Your 'gay' actions may have saved Sen. Santorum

http://www.tampabaycoalition.com/wtcgay.html

Shame on you, Sen. Santorum.

[maggrwaggr]

12. can we ship this asshole off to some other country?

I can't think of anyone who would take him, tho

[terrya]

13. I'd suggest Antarctica, but what have penguins done to us? :-)

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

18. The Taliban would LOVE him.

[grytpype]

15. The Bushists are so fucking nuts.

They just mix and match their sales pitches to whatever it is they want to do. We had to cut taxes because there was a surplus, then because there was not a surplus, then because there's a war on. Etc.

Bushists are liars, thieves, and idiots.

[tandot]

17. We must fight terrorism by banning gay-marriage

"the future of our country hangs in the balance..."

In other words: Gay-Marriage is WORST than any terrorist attack. Gays are terrorists :crazy:

Hey Rick, how is the lobotomy working out for ya? :crazy:

[Manix]

20. Get this idiot out of congress soon!!

[truthspeaker]

21. Well let's look at the security aspects:

Americans killed in the last three years by terrorist acts: 3000+

Americans killed in the last three years by same-sex marriage: 0

[JETS]

22. Yeah, Rick

what we need is to have Rush, Guiliani, and Newt defend the sanctity of marriage at the Republican convention. After all, they only have 9 marriages between the three of them and only 7 divorces (Limpdik's 3rd divorce is pending)!

[sendero]

24. The ultimate homeland security...

... would be to rid the Congress of idiots. buh-bye Rick.

[calimary]

25. I called Santorum's office and here's what I said (in my SWEETEST voice)

I called TOLL FREE, by the way. See my sig line.

I said that I was glad the Marriage DISCRIMINATION Amendment was defeated.

I said that I, as a straight woman, did NOT feel my marriage to my husband was AT ALL threatened because my gay friend wanted to marry her partner - and that I was dreadfully sorry that Santorum's own marriage (?!) was SO threatened by that. I added that this said a LOT more about Santorum's marriage than it could possibly say about MINE.

I then said I hoped that if Santorum cares so much about morality, he would show some true leadership in asking his president to stop being such a liar.

Then I sweetly thanked the staffer for taking my call, and hoped she would pass it on to the Senator.

[MichiganVote]

27. You know....

in some societies a guy like this would be eaten. Cannabilism might become the new plank on the American party platform!

I've been married for over 20 years. At times our marriage has only be threatened by one thing--us! To think we kept it going only to be ruined by the gays. All this fidelity in vain.

[calimary]

29. Welcome to DU!

If any cannibal was hungry enough to try to eat this guy, the cannibal would wind up spitting him back out, or having hours of serious indigestion. My marriage, too, has only been threatened by the idiocy of him and/or me. And we're at Year-28 - and still counting.

[MichiganVote]

31. Well now here is the really odd part

If a Senator has the magic secret about what breaks marriages apart, i.e. immorality, I wonder how far away from me I have to boot our neighbors next door who divorced. Or how much distance to keep from my clients, often people who have major morality / responsibility issues.

Is it just their sex acts these people don't like? I have a hard time understanding that given the fact that heterosexaul couples can do everything the gays can and generally do. So, what am I missing here?

Thank you for the welcome

[findyouranswers]

28. Really, I would move to PA

Just to vote against him.

But then, I'd have to make stops in Tenn for Frist and Colorado for Allard and then I'd just get tired and I don't think my partner.... I mean, wife, would really be overjoyed at all the moving.

So, instead, I'll just revel in the fact that these people are so unhappy with themselves that they have to bash the hell out of others.

I guess that "death knell" they predicted yesterday just didn't ring loud enough to even get a simple majority on this waste of legislative time.

[newyawker99]

30. Hi findyouranswers!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Warren DeMontague]

32. Yes, what better way to...

Protect us from crazed religious fundamentalists abroad who hate gays, than to enshrine into the constitution the agenda of our own crazed religious fundamentalists.. who also hate gays.

sorry, I posted this before, but he's earned it twice:

[erpowers]

33. That is close to the Stupidest comment ever.

It is also sad that the Repbulicans use security to defend everyone they do.