Way, way back in the early days of a few months ago in August, Rick Santorum signed the National Organization for Marriage pledge, which was a strictly anti-gay pledge to promise that as president, Rick Santorum (and the other signers) would fight the gays at all costs and abolish our marriages everywhere. There were five goals stated in the pledge:
1) Send a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman to the states for ratification
2) Defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which includes the traditional definition of marriage and ban states from recognizing gay marriage, in court;
3) Appoint judges and an Attorney General who oppose a constitutional right to same-sex marriage
4) Appoint a commission to investigate claims of harassment against those who support marriage as being only between a man and a woman
5) Support legislation that would give people living in the District of Columbia the right to vote on marriage
Rick Santorum, as one of the first signers of the document, was very very serious about marriage. He had been a proud opponent of marriage for gays and lesbians and even went further than other candidates in opposing gay intimacy altogether. He has completely rejected the Supreme Court's landmark decision Lawrence v. Texas. He has compared gay marriage to 'calling a paper towel a napkin', he has compared it to a 'non-alcoholic beverage' and he has compared it to 'slavery'. He worries over gay people so much that he would re-institute Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Very, very serious.
But no more!
