COMMENTARY | GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum couldn't squirrel his way out of a discussion at a town hall meeting in Dublin, N.H., on Friday. The former Pennsylvania senator may be tired of answering the same questions over and over, but it might be because his answers are so conflicting, and it's no wonder voters are confused.
According to the Huffington Post, the topic of same-sex marriage and the rights of LGBT individuals have been the main focus of discussion in talks between Santorum and students. Perhaps it's because most young people believe in tolerance and the rights of other human beings regardless of who they choose to love, or what their skin color is.
Santorum would like to run the country in the same way he believes his God would impose laws on the people, and his supporters seem to have forgotten that our country was based on religious freedom, and not based on one narrow minded view that only a small slice of our nation believe in. Some of these same people complain about losing our rights to freedom in America, but want to impose their religious views on everyone.
In speaking about marriage, Santorum said only a marriage between a man and woman is good for society, and he wants to encourage what's best for children. But he doesn't only want to encourage, he wants to criminalize relationships that he doesn't believe in personally, and go against his own particular moral judgment.
Santorum continues to conflict his own answers, and did it again on Friday afternoon when a senior at the school, Alison Poirier, asked about women's reproductive rights. He has stated in the past he is against same-sex marriage, abortion, gay adoption and gays serving openly in the military, and would outlaw all of them. He also said he would actively talk about the "dangers of contraception."
During the meeting he stated that the Griswold decision was wrong. This is the 1965 case, Griswold v. Connecticut , which struck down a law that criminalized the use of contraceptives by married couples. In one breath Santorum tells Poirer that he would not ban contraception, and in the next he says that Connecticut should have been allowed to make birth control illegal between married couples.
After the meeting, Poirer commented, "Everything he said online, he said he was against it (banning birth control), but today he said he was not against it. So I'm really confused by that."
I'm confused too. But the confusion stems from the fact that Santorum has any supporters at all. If the former senator has his way, he would take our country to the lowest depths it's seen in history, putting Big Brother in the homes and bedrooms of every citizen. Does anyone really want that?
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