May 29th, 2011

Rick Santorum is launching his campaign for the Presidential Primaries on June 6th.

Why is this a problem? Well, if you’ve read our post about Urban Outfitters, you’ll have some idea, but for those of you who don’t let’s get you up to speed.

Rick Santorum is a Republican who is a former U.S. Senator. In addition to having an extremely unfortunate last name, he also holds an extremely unfortunate view about gay marriage. Maybe the two are linked? Hmmm.

I digress.

Santorum’s made a name for himself as being an ultra conservative politician and has some interesting views on a number of topics: immigration, Hurricane Katrina and intelligent design among them. The real interesting thing about Santorum is that he’s flipped his steadfastly held position on marriage equality in recent months, saying “I have no problem from a public policy point of view with homosexuality,” in a CBS News report. Interesting how his flip coincides so perfectly with the Primaries.

Keep in mind this is the man who is quoted to saying that banning gay marriage ‘the ultimate homeland security issue,’ essentially arguing that the existence of gay couples and gay families represented a threat to the safety and security of the nation.

As David Badash wrote in his article about this very issue:

“The chances of someone making that dramatic a switch, and in such a short amount of time, without some “divine intervention,” are slim to none. If he’s “seen the light,” he gave no indication of that. No, “I’m gay.” No, “I found out my brother is gay.” No, “I have a gay son.”

So, either back then he was saying hateful, despicable things about gays, just for political kicks and giggles, or, he is now.”

Excuse me if I take his sudden change of heart with a grain of gay salt.

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TAGS: anti-gay, Marriage Equality, politician, politics, ScandaList