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.
READ: Republins pivot om gay marriage to relig liberty fight. “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.
THE GAY GUY WHO SMEARED SANTOM
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Supreme Court se on laws banng gay acts. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- 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.
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.
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 *
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.
SANTOM IN GAY RIGHTS DISPUTE
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The leadg gay Republin group, the Log Cab Republins, said Santom's statement was aquate, and lled on him to apologize or step down om the learship post. "If you ask most Amerins if they pare gay and lbian Amerins to polygamists and folks who are volved ct and the other tegori he ed, I thk there are very few folks the mastream who would articulate those views, " said Patrick Guerriero, executive director of the group. Concerned Women for Ameri, a nservative tert group Washgton, released a statement cricizg the "gay thought police" and sayg Santom was "exactly right.
In April 2003, Santom gave an terview which he ma eply flammatory statements about homosexualy. First, when asked to ment on the pedophilia sndal the Roman Catholic Church, Santom referred to the sexual abe as "a basic homosexual relatnship, " and said was society's acceptance of the gay ("viant") liftyle that enabled the ab to take place.