What he spoke still plays out in what he's speaking now.....and gives many the idea if you're not Catholic then you're not right with God and the moral dictates of the catholic denomination.
Santorum has not denyed what he spoke to the college and he might think he's completely correct in his comments, but that does not make him a smart campaigner.... He should know that the leftie media will chew him up and spit him out over these issues...and they are doing just that.
When running for office, there is wisdom in not saying things equally as much as what you say...because we’re talking about politics,.... and it's a jugular nasty business. Santorum feeds the animals and be assured though some of his faith might see this as "refreshing" to hear because they ARE of his faith....others do not agree and do not want candidates wearing their religion on their sleeves...let alone bombast those of the Christian faith he doesn't agree with.
Had i been supporting Santorum his remarks concerning Protestants would have immediately changed that equation and I would have moved to another....that statement alone means he will be divisive....and unable to bring congress together.
Eventually people will see this very thing about Santorum is yet another reason he was booted from Pa. and few that support him now. He's speaking reltively measured at this point but eventually he'll blow it and all will see the man behind the facade.
You deny to Santorum the right to say what you obviously believe? That aside you miss the point: He says that liberal Protestantism is a wreck. Karl Barth said that 90 years ago. So did Bonhoeffer. But Santorum also has in mind that liberal Catholicism is also a wreck. He has had a lot of experience dealing with Catholic politicians in Congress, and he knows how they think, which is not with the mind of the Church and not with the mind of Christ. Liberal Catholicism,like liberal Protestantism, is utterly pelegian. Once upon a time, this was not true. But certainly it has become so in the last 40 years.