Santorum Backs Nullifying Existing Gay Marriages

SFChronicle ^ | March 03, 2012 | Bob Egelko

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Santorum Backs Nullifying Existing Gay Marriages

Bob Egelko

Saturday, March 3, 2012

There are 18,000 married gay and lesbian couples in California and at least 131,000 nationwide according to the 2010 census, conducted before New York state legalized same-sex marriage in July.

Rick Santorum says he'll try to unmarry all of them if he's elected president.

Once the U.S. Constitution is amended to prohibit same-gender marriages, "their marriage would be invalid," the former Pennsylvania senator said Dec. 30 in an NBC News interview.

"We can't have 50 different marriage laws in this country," he said. "You have to have one marriage law."

The comments didn't attract nearly as much attention as Santorum's recent invocation of his Catholic faith to denounce government support for birth control, prenatal testing and resource conservation - which, in the last case, he attributed to President Obama's "phony theology."

But his declared intention to nullify past as well as future same-sex marriages has reinforced his position to the right of the other Republican contenders, even though each of them has also voiced fervent support for traditional unions.

Mitt Romney, who was governor of Massachusetts when the state's high court became the first in the nation to declare a right to same-sex marriage in 2003, backs a constitutional amendment to outlaw such marriages in the future, but says he'd leave currently wedded couples alone. Newt Gingrich also wants an amendment but hasn't said whether it would be retroactive.

Ron Paul opposes same-sex marriage but wants the federal government to stay out of it - no federal benefits for gay and lesbian couples, no federal court authority to overturn state laws like California's Proposition 8 and no constitutional amendments overriding a state's prerogative to decide which of its residents can marry.

[Jonty30]

Now he’s giving a falsehood.

You cannot take back what was allowed previously.

You can only move forward.

Those who got married will get to stay married. You can only stop future marriages.

[SuziQ]

Well, seeing as how the President has absolutely NO power in this regard, seems like this article is just trying to gin up negativity toward Santorum. But as our daughter said, Santorum isn’t helping himself by saying stuff like this.

[SoConPubbie]

Santorum is great on the Social Issues.

Too bad he doesn’t put as much effort into proposing limited government solutions.

Just being strong on the Social Issues isn’t going to cut it, and with his background of being a “Compassionate” conservative, he really should be focusing on reducing the size of government and communicating the proper role of government.

I know he’s done some, but it has not been enough.

[wardaddy]

Hell yes

let the what culture war numbnuts including those here on this thread

piss blood

[reagandemocrat]

Gay marriages are void ab initio.

[max americana]

“seems like this article is just trying to gin up negativity toward Santorum”
*****

This is the SF Chronicle. As in San Francisco. As in Pelosi’s fag district. Who exactly in San Fran is going to vote for a Republican? Getting a bunch of limp-wristed, brain-dead liberals to vote for Santorum is like squeezing Jack Daniels out of a garden rock.

[Christie at the beach]

->Rick Santorum says he'll try to unmarry all of them if he's elected president.

He is making promises that he cannot keep and he's pandering for votes. He will be crushed by Obama.

[wardaddy]

Sorry Jonty ..untrue...with all due respect

example

Prior to 1968 Gun Control Act

Via federal law felons got their gun rights back de facto unpon release from correctional custody

that changed..banned retroactively...look it up...those with rights..”taken back” as you say

there was a provision to appeal to ATF for reinstatement but that was barred from funding by 1994 GOP Congress and that too was retroactive for some

Right now those quasi full auto “bump” and “sling-auto” firearm add ons are soon to likely be reversed and considered class III weapons by our lovely GOP House and that too will be retroactive

Congress can damn sure make those marriages nulled retroactive if they have the guts and an amendment sure hell would

plenty of examples of how a present “right” is reversed or lost

they grant mineral leases all the time and reverse them

age of drinking laws...another example

smoking...think of all those rights “taken back or reversed”

[Kickass Conservative]

Geez. Did Santorum leave his “Running for President for Dummies” book at home on his nightstand again?
He should really upload it to his Kindle.

[onona]

a head shaking yeah.

[Jonty30]

Cool to know.

I doubt that would fly though.

[gov_bean_ counter]

And for his next trick he is actually going to "split the baby".

Idiot.

[llandres]

By staying in and blocking Newt, RS is just handing this to Mittens.

[mosesdapoet]

No matter what Santorum is going to say about the ecomnomy, oil, or any of the major issues all your going to hear from MSM is the pill issue...What’s worse is the same thing is comming from so called conservative talkers backing Romney..

At the same time Kudlow is raking Santorum over the coals on these social issues Sabtorum is outlining his policies on finances over Cincinatti Ohio’s WLW am 700 after following through on a lengthy interogation of oil policy the talker in Cj Walker’s 5:30 - 9pm Sat slot on 3/3 starts ripping into Santorum on the “abortion “ issue.

Santorum’s cell phone vuts out, and the talker knew it but continued on phrasing another question and conxcludes by criticizing him for using a cell phone....Another WLW alum Bill Cummimgkam on his syndicated Sunday night gig 3/4 is derisively calling Santorum “Archbishop”....1st of all shame on them these clowns don’t view it as a an amendment isssue.... There’s a lot of hate out there

[tallyhoe]

Now he’s giving a falsehood.

You cannot take back what was allowed previously.

You can only move forward.

Those who got married will get to stay married. You can only stop future marriages.

Who said they can’t be nullified? If congress passed a law and it was upheld in the Supreme Court then they could be null and void. Course you would have to put the heavy hand on the States like what was done in the Civil War!

[Ken H]

Santorum’s cell phone vuts out, and the talker knew it but continued on phrasing another question and conxcludes by criticizing him for using a cell phone....Another WLW alum Bill Cummimgkam on his syndicated Sunday night gig 3/4 is derisively calling Santorum “Archbishop”....1st of all shame on them these clowns don’t view it as a an amendment isssue.... There’s a lot of hate out there

eh, wot?

[dixiechick2000]

“I doubt that would fly though.”

It “flew” in Oregon.

Multnomah County commissioners decided that gay marriage is legal, and decided to issue marriage licenses.

I know that it’s wiki, but in this case it’s correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Oregon

After the rogue county commissioners issued the “marriage licenses”, the public voted for a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between one man and one woman.

That voided all of the so called “marriages” between gay couples.

[dixiechick2000]

“Now he’s giving a falsehood.

You cannot take back what was allowed previously.

You can only move forward.

Those who got married will get to stay married. You can only stop future marriages.”

You are wrong.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2854559/posts?page=18#18

Gay marriage has been voted to be unconstitutional in Oregon. We do, however, have domestic partnerships.

[jonrick46]

Gay marriage is a sham. It is like a drag queen who deceives people into thinking he is a woman. It is a man made attempt to create nature—like a Frankenstein monster.