Rick Santorum Has Tense Exchange on Gay Rights and Health Care in Iowa

[William769]

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa – Rick Santorum is usually quite amiable on the trail, but Monday evening at a campaign event at a small Christian college in Sioux Center, he had some tense back-and-forth exchanges with one student and another graduate of the college.

Jason Kornelis, a 23-year-old recent graduate of Dordt College, asked the former Pennsylvania senator about his anti-same sex marriage stance comparing it to when interracial marriage was illegal in this country.

Clearly agitated, Santorum seemed astounded when Kornelis said he couldn’t contemplate how this would “be a hit to faith and family in America.”

“You can’t think of any consequence?” Santorum asked.

Kornelis answered that he did not.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/12/rick-santorum-has-tense-exchange-on-gay-rights-and-health-care-in-iowa/

[xchrom]

1. recommend

[peacetalksforall]

2. We should simply acknowledge that there are Christians and there are people haters calling

themselves Christians.

[peacetalksforall]

3. Yes, rec this - the crap coming at the citizens of this country should be broadcast everywhere.

[MNBrewer]

4. Health classes should be teaching health

Health for all of the students, gay and straight. If you leave out health aspects of gay sexual relationships, you leave the gay students at a big risk caused by ignorance.

Why are health classes teaching that heterosexual sex is somehow a morally superior expression of human sexuality? They shouldn't be, especially in public schools. If Rick's parochial school wants to teach that St. Augustine crys every time a boy masturbates, fine. But leave the morals at the school room door for health classes.

Of course, Rick doesn't really give a shit about gay students. He believes they should either convert or die, just like his Inquisitorial "intellectual" forbears.

[BR_Parkway]

6. Him being a part of the group that would see girls die before teaching them anything

about sex and their bodies. Really not surprised that Rick doesn't want gays to be educated either

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Wow.

[qb]

7. Goddammit! A Christian college is supposed to be a "safe" venue!

:rofl:

[rurallib]

8. Amazing that he would get questions like that in Western Iowa

shows that even the very most socially reactionary areas are doing some questioning.
Also shows that Santorum has no answer but "because I say so"
keep questioning these thugs.

[William769]

9. +1

:thumbsup:

[libinnyandia]

10. Not everybody in western Iowa is a reactionary, though Sioux

County is pretty conservative. But not everybody in Sioux County is conservative.

[rurallib]

12. I understand that - but the fact that people went to an appearance

and then asked questions knowing they may be hounded about it - shows that the intimidation may be cracking.

[William769]

13. ...

:thumbsup:

[Evasporque]

11. Rick, you can't watch that much Gay porn on your iPhone and then give a speech....

I'm just saying..