Rick Santom is nng for print, so 's time to bsh up on what he believ about abortn, gay people and more.
Contents:
- SANTOM: PRISONER OF THE GAYS
- SANTOM IN GAY RIGHTS DISPUTE
- SANTOM DWELLS ON GAY MARRIAGE
- RICK SANTOM: GAY MARRIAGE IN THE U.S. WILL HAVE 'PROFOUND CONSEQUENC' WORLDWI
- CHRIS MATTHEWS AND ROBERT TRAYNHAM, GAY FORMER SANTOM AI, HAVE HEATED CLASH (VIDEO)
SANTOM: PRISONER OF THE GAYS
If people are born gay or transgenr, Santom posed, “ leads to a whole bunch of other suatns.” * santorum gay *
After he ma wily publicized homophobic remarks, notably parg homosexualy to btialy, the term santom was an vented and spread as an ironic slang term—referrg to a mixture of lube and fel matter that n rult om anal sex—to pillory him. This posn brought him to higher promence natnal polics—and directed more attentn toward his public statements, cludg his ntroversial 2003 ments on gayns, as we’ll shortly addrs. Santom remarked: “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.
SANTOM IN GAY RIGHTS DISPUTE
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. * santorum gay *
” Santom elsewhere claimed that legalizg beg gay would create precent for legal unns such as “man on child” or “man on dog” sex.
SANTOM DWELLS ON GAY MARRIAGE
Sen. Rick Santom on Wednday plaed that his remarks about homosexualy -- unr fire by gay rights groups and some Democrats -- were taken out of ntext, but at the same time he fend them as an accurate reflectn of the law on the matter. * santorum gay *
In an advice lumn for The Stranger, Savage suggted attachg Santom‘s name to an act or element of gay sex to “memorialize” his homophobic ments.
However, given s history, is more likely to appear ntexts challengg Santom and those who share his homophobic views by makg them feel unfortable about (perfectly normal) gay sex.
Outraged by Santom's opposn to same-sex marriage and nmnatn of homosexualy, 2003 openly gay lumnist Dan Savage ed the term "santom. " It was first nceived and ed by Amerin lumnist Dan Savage and his rears an effort to publicly shame the former Republic senator Rick Santom for the anti-gay remarks he ma durg an terview wh the Associated Prs April 2003.
RICK SANTOM: GAY MARRIAGE IN THE U.S. WILL HAVE 'PROFOUND CONSEQUENC' WORLDWI
Rick Santom: Gay Marriage In The U.S. Will Have 'Profound Consequenc' Worldwi * santorum gay *
He also add that nsensual gay terurse uld be ernment-regulated, siar to how stat rtrict other sexual acts like adultery, polygamy, child moltatn, ct and btialy protectg the valu of society and the Amerin fay. Upon s publitn on April 20th, 2003, Senator Santom's terview rponse drew harsh cricisms om the prs, civil rights groups and other Democrats, maly for his unsavory parison of homosexualy to ct, polygamy and adultery. In July 2011, Savage appeared a Funny Or Die[14] vio which he jtfully warned the Republin printial ndidate nomee to refe his first name "Rick" to somethg even worse if Santom did not stop cricizg homosexualy durg his mpaign.
Rick Santom and MSNBC host Rachel Maddow clashed over gay rights issu on her show Wednday night, and the Republin printial ndidate offered an apology of sorts for a remark he ma a dozen years ago. If people are born gay or transgenr, Santom posed, “ leads to a whole bunch of other suatns, ” like sex-selective abortns, for example.
CHRIS MATTHEWS AND ROBERT TRAYNHAM, GAY FORMER SANTOM AI, HAVE HEATED CLASH (VIDEO)
WATCH: Matthews' Fiery Debate Wh Gay Former Santom Ai * santorum gay *
“So if you n terme whether one of your children is gay, should we pass a law sayg you n’t abort a child bee you found out that child’s gog to be gay?
Asked whether believed beg gay is a choice, Santom said he has never answered the qutn bee he do not really know the answer.
So I gus maybe that se, maybe they did, ” he said, addg that he do “know people who have lived the gay liftyle and no longer live . Maddow challenged Santom on that, notg that he has talked about gay rights “all the time, ” rellg a 2003 terview wh an Associated Prs reporter which he referred to btialy as the potential slippery slope after the Supreme Court ma nsensual gay sex legal across the untry.