In the past, I’ve found myself agreeing with Sen. Rick Santorum quite a bit on gay marriage (though reaching entirely different conclusions about marriage than Santorum and gay marriage supporters). Santorum of course, voted for a proposed Constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. That amendment failed to garner the 2/3rds necessary to move on, but not before Santorum dropped these bizarre comments on the Senate floor,
I would argue that the future of our country hangs in the balance because the future of marriage hangs in the balance. Isn’t that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?
No, the ultimate homeland security is finding and killing terrorists who hate America precisely because it is a secular nation that tolerates homosexuality (and other numerous vices/sins/whatever).
This is why it’s a shame that the Libertarian Party is such a joke. It would be nice to vote for a party that combined the economic conservatism of the Republicans with the social tolerance of the Democrats. Why can’t we have a party committed to lowering the taxes of wealthy gay men?
Source:
Marriage ban killed in Senate . Associated Press, July 14, 2004.