Top Democrats and gay rights advot blasted ments by Sen. Rick Santom which he appeared to pare homosexualy to ct, bigamy and adultery, and they lled on the Pennsylvania Republin to repudiate the remarks.
Contents:
- SANTOM: PRISONER OF THE GAYS
- THE GAY GUY WHO SMEARED SANTOM
- HOW MANY DAYS UNTIL HIGHLY ANTICIPATED RICK SANTOM GAY SNDAL?
- SANTOM IN GAY RIGHTS DISPUTE
SANTOM: PRISONER OF THE GAYS
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Outraged by Santom's opposn to same-sex marriage and nmnatn of homosexualy, 2003 openly gay lumnist Dan Savage ed the term "santom. Republin printial ndidate Rick Santom once likened homosexualy to btialy and now, about twelve years later, he is softeng his tone.
“If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to nsensual (gay) sex wh your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to ct, you have the right to adultery.
THE GAY GUY WHO SMEARED SANTOM
It wasn't me. I get sole cred for the mpaign to refe Rick Santom's last name. ("It's one guy," Rick Santom told Roll Call when they asked about his "Google problem" back Febary. "You know who is.") But the ln's share of the cred should go to SARS ("Sex And Rick Santom"), the then-23-year-old gay guy who sent me this crazily prcient letter back May of 2003: I'm a 23-year-old gay male... * santorum gay scandal *
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“In every society, the fn of marriage has not ever to my knowledge clud homosexualy, ” Santom ntued. “That’s not to pick on homosexualy. 'I have a problem wh homosexual acts'.
Rick Santom cricized homosexualy while discsg a Supreme Court se. Supreme Court se on laws banng gay acts.
HOW MANY DAYS UNTIL HIGHLY ANTICIPATED RICK SANTOM GAY SNDAL?
I had a iend once whose father was a bigot, who – although never havg to e to ntact wh homosexuals – aggrsively abhorred the gays. When I met him for the first time, I realized why. He was gay. […] * santorum gay scandal *
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Top Democrats and gay rights advot blasted ments by Sen.
SANTOM IN GAY RIGHTS DISPUTE
Rick Santom which he appeared to pare homosexualy to ct, bigamy and adultery, and they lled on the Pennsylvania Republin to repudiate the remarks. Durg that terview, Santom cricized homosexualy as he discsed a pendg Supreme Court se over a sodomy law Texas. "If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to nsensual (gay) sex wh your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to ct, you have the right to adultery.
Gay groups were quick to nounce Santom's ments, the latt a seri of divisive remarks by some lawmakers. Clearly, there is no passn his nservatism, " said Wnie Stachelberg, polil director for the Human Rights Campaign, the natn's largt gay advocy group. But, acrdg to uneded excerpts of the taped terview released late Tuday by The Associated Prs, Santom spoke at length about homosexualy, and he ma clear he did not approve of "acts outsi of tradnal heterosexual relatnships.
In the April 7 terview, Santom scrib homosexual acts as a threat to society and the fay. "I have no problem wh homosexualy, " Santom said, acrdg to the AP.