So your arguing that children having out of wedlock sex is a good thing? that the resultant children, abortions, and or being raised in a single parent home is a good thing?
Santorum is simply pointing out that the root cause for most poverty in the US is related to having a child out of wedlock. He sees the solving of this problem as intricatly linked to the overall health and stability of our country.
In other words, Santorum is simply arguing for a return to traditional values, he is not arguing for a ban on contraception.
I am not even a big Santorum fan and I understand this.
Of course not!
What you propose is called a “strawman” argument. It is a dishonest form of debate which is based upon both false premises and erroneous conclusions that I did not make and that have nothing to do w/what I posted or what I believe.
I posted Rick Santorum’s OWN WORDS and linked the video as verification. If you wish to make your set of conclusions based upon his statement; you are free to do so; but, DO NOT disingenuously attribute those conclusions to me.
You and Mr Santorum appear to believe you know what is best for everyone and that you have the right to enforce your beliefs upon others “for their own good.” I happen to believe that type of thought is extremely dangerous to individual rights, freedom and this great Republic. In many ways, your and Mr Santorum’s beliefs are similar to the Progressives political philosophy; where “the end justifies the means.” It is certainly not Constitutional thought nor is it akin to Conservatism as I understand it.
What you and Mr Santorum fail to understand or appreciate about our unique form of government is that we all have the individual rights to make these types of personal decisions for ourselves AND to be held accountable for those decisions.
The reason that the individual rights of free men and women, tempered by personal responsibility and accountability, are so vitally important to our form of government is that if a prospective President Santorum can enforce his own moral values upon others; then what is to stop someone like President Obama from forcing his own moral imperatives upon others? ...just as Obama is attempting to do to conscientious Catholics and others of similar religious beliefs right at this very moment!!!
‘Take care,
-Geoff