John Hawkins: In Defense of Rick Santorum
Santorum has also been criticized for not approving of the gay lifestyle, but again way too much is being made of his comments. Some people are taking the legal argument Santorum made and saying that he tried to compare homosexuality to incest and bestiality. He did make that comparison, but in a legal sense, not in a moral one. In fact, Santorum explicitly said there was no comparison between homosexuality and bestiality near the end of the interview.
So not only do I not support removing Santorum from his leadership post as some critics have demanded, I don't think he has anything to apologize for. As a matter of fact, I think Olympia Snowe & Lincoln Chaffee should have explained that Santorum's comments were taken out of context instead of criticizing him and the people who are deliberately twisting the Senator's words for no other reason than to demagogue him should be ashamed of themselves.
Friday, April 25, 2003
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