Sunday, August 28, 2011

An Open Letter to Rick Santorum

Dear Mr. Santorum,

Recently, I came across this video of you speaking with some of your reporters:


I have to point out some factual inaccuracies you have made, as well as other problems with these statements.

-Comparing anyone's relationship - whether you agree with it or not - to a napkin, a paper towel, a car, or any other inanimate object is not just incredibly insulting (though it seems that this is the point), it just sounds incredibly ignorant and foolish. It is not what most people want to hear for someone who is seeking to lead more than 300,000,000 people, especially given that fact that this nation faces far more pressing issues than the differences between a napkin and a paper towel.

-Yes marriage existed before there was the English language or a state, but it also existed before Christianity.

-Your contempt for the Lawrence vs. Texas decision shows that you are not for small non-intrusive government, but rather you are for a government that reaches into every aspect of people's lives, not matter how private or intimate. That is not conservative at all.

-Lastly, the fact that you actually think how people, the vast majority of whom you will never come into contact with, is your business is incredibly pretentious, not to mention it goes against one of the primary pillars of society: self-determination. How one lives their life is not for you to dictate any more than it is anyone else's business to tell you how to live your life. You have proven time and again how little you know about a nation and a people that you intend to govern. Let me tell you in very clear terms that anyone can understand: My life and how I live it IS NOT YOUR BUSINESS!!!

-Rob from VA

1 comment:

  1. I love you for this! Nothing he says holds any credibility! Plus, incest and bestiality is not consensual sex in the first place. Pedophilia is not consensual either! They can't chose to have sex with you! And that is what makes it wrong. Plus, there are terrible results from incestuous relationships! That is why they should remain illegal. Safe consenting male to male or female to female sex is not dangerous! It holds a lot of value to a lot of people! People just can't wrap their heads around it!

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