Santorum hides behind Catholic Church when Piers calls him a Bigot

[sfpcjock]

'The Catholic Church used to work for me,' Frothy Boy tells crowd.

http://www.towleroad.com/2011/08/penn_santorum.html">Rick Santorum Says Piers Morgan Called Him a 'Bigot', Gets Ripped by Penn State Student: VIDEO

Rick Santorum held a Q&A at Penn State with students at the HUB-Robeson Center yesterday. In an exchange about his positions on homosexuality, gay adoption, and same-sex marriage, Santorum got upset that Piers Morgan called him a bigot in an interview earlier this week:

“I had Piers Morgan call me a bigot. Because I believe what the Catholic Church teaches with respect to homosexuality. I'm a bigot. So, now I'm a bigot, because I believe what the Bible teaches. Now, what 2000 years of teaching and moral theology is now bigoted. And, of course, we don't elect bigots to office, we don't give them professional licenses, we don't give them preferential tax treatment! If you're a preacher and you preach bigoted things, you think you're going to be allow to have a 501(c)3 as a church? Of course not.” ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tmwZh-8i8Fs"> Piers Morgan Confronts Rick Santorum On His Bigotry - Youtube

[peace frog]

1. Right, Tricky Ricky

You're a Catholic bigot. Got it.

[mdmc]

2. So you are a Catholic Bigot

got it..

[WinkyDink]

8. In the long line of Fr. Coughlin, Buchanan, Hannity, .... (Goooo, STATE!)

[AngryOldDem]

3. So Rick thinks the Church should lose its tax-exempt status?

Cool.

I saw that interview and I was really impressed at Santorum's disingenuousness.

[madokie]

4. He's a fucking tool and tools don't have minds to think with

If they did my welder would go belly up on me this morning when I go to start it cause I've been using and abusing it too much lately.

[Hubert Flottz]

7. I'd hate to try and run a bead with a tool like Ricky...

He might make a good roto rooter.

[madokie]

14. roto-rooter he is then

My first laugh for the day.

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Oy Vey!

[flor-de-jasmim]

6. My favorite line: "We don't elect bigots" - oh yeah?

[sfpcjock]

9. People like Santorum need to own their own beliefs, not say, "the church believes this, too"

as he did.

[William769]

10. Frothy boy has another problem, his home State.

Half of Pennsylvanians Favor Marriage Equality

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/09/01/Half_of_Pennsylvanians_Favor_Marriage_Equality/

[fascisthunter]

11. He is a Bigot... end of the subject

a bigot and a coward for hiding behind hate-filled dogma... he is a nazi.

[gratuitous]

12. So Rick, are you saying . . . ?

If you weren't such a committed Catholic, you wouldn't be a bigot? Because there are lots and lots of things that Catholicism teaches that you and your record in public service don't appear to subscribe to. You sound like you're trying to paint yourself as a faithful adherent of the Catholic Church, but your actual public practice makes you look a lot more like a Cafeteria Catholic, who picks and chooses which doctrines he likes and adheres to.

As I recall, Jesus had some pretty hard things to say about public officials who said one thing and did another, hiding behind a shield of piety. Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Micah, Hosea and Amos did, too. You're sailing in some very deep and dangerous waters, Mr. Santorum. Be very careful or you could wind up looking like a flaming hypocrite.

[bullwinkle428]

13. How about slavery, Google-Boy? What does your Bible say about that?