Sen Santorum's [unedited] comments on homosexuality in AP interview [sodomy, priest scandal]

AP: OK, without being too gory or graphic, so if somebody is homosexual, you would argue that they should not have sex?

SANTORUM: We have laws in states, like the one at the Supreme Court right now, that has sodomy laws and they were there for a purpose. Because, again, I would argue, they undermine the basic tenets of our society and the family. And if the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything. Does that undermine the fabric of our society? I would argue yes, it does. It all comes from, I would argue, this right to privacy that doesn't exist in my opinion in the United States Constitution, this right that was created, it was created in Griswold -- Griswold was the contraceptive case -- and abortion. And now we're just extending it out. And the further you extend it out, the more you -- this freedom actually intervenes and affects the family. You say, well, it's my individual freedom. Yes, but it destroys the basic unit of our society because it condones behavior that's antithetical to strong, healthy families. Whether it's polygamy, whether it's adultery, where it's sodomy, all of those things, are antithetical to a healthy, stable, traditional family.

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Homosexual and Democrat Party groups are seeking to use Senate
Republican Conference chairman's remarks to force his resignation like
with former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. And the Democrat-
dominated media is fueling what it hopes will be a feeding frenzy.

Sen. Santorum's comments were made during an April 7 interview with
Associate Press reporter Lara Jakes Jordan, wife of Jim Jordan, a former
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee official who now manages Sen.
John Kerry's presidential campaign. The DSCC, naturally, called for Sen.
Santorum to resign his leadership position after the Human Rights
Campaign and the Pennsylvania chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans
squealed in alleged outrage.

Fearless on matters of morality, Sen. Santorum said what the Bible
teaches is correct to believe, and he did so in the context of
discussing the implications of a Supreme Court case. He has done nothing
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Because you have stood with us to protect families from the
radical homosexual agenda, we want to ALERT you to a situation
involving Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum that is growing
more critical with each passing hour.

Homosexual activists are calling on Sen. Santorum to be removed
from his leadership post as Republican Conference Committee
Chair (3rd ranking Republican post) because of comments the
senator made regarding a Supreme Court Case.

Now the Democratic Senatorial Committee has joined in.

* * * * * HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED...

This firestorm erupted in response to Sen. Santorum's comments
on a case involving a Texas law that bans acts of sodomy.
Sen. Santorum said that if the Court overturns that law,
it could open the door to a "right" to sodomy, bigamy,
and polygamy.

Like many Americans, Sen. Santorum does not want the courts
to create a constitutional right to homosexual sex. If this
happens, our families and our children will be in permanent
jeopardy, especially in the courts.

Now, homosexual activists are calling for Sen. Santorum
to be removed from his leadership post!

* * * * * IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED

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Sen. Santorum's phone number: 202-224-6324

Also, call Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and let him
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Majority Leader Frist's number: 202-224-3344

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Senate Ethics Committee: 202-224-2981

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