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Santorum Retches Over Church-State Separation

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Other Politics
Posted on Sun Feb 26, 2012 at 12:49:09 PM EST
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STEPHANOPOULOS: [JFK's speech on church state separation] has been read, as you know, by millions of Americans ... Why did it make you throw up?

SANTORUM: Because the first line, first substantive line in the speech says, "I believe in America where the separation of church and state is absolute." I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute. The idea that the church can have no influence or no involvement in the operation of the state is absolutely antithetical to the objectives and vision of our country. -ABC News

(Emphasis supplied.) More on separation of church and state here.

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    Santorum Retches Over Church-State Separation | 7 comments (7 topical)

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    Poor little Ricky. (5.00 / 2) (#1)
    by Radix on Sun Feb 26, 2012 at 01:07:39 PM EST
    He doesn't really believe the Church should have a say. For if the Church did have it's way, we would have universal health care and better protection/programs for the poor, such Church teachings, Santorum has already rejected.

    Too bad you (none / 0) (#2)
    by BackFromOhio on Sun Feb 26, 2012 at 02:23:57 PM EST
    weren't there to respond & ask questions!

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    That was pretty amazing (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by ruffian on Sun Feb 26, 2012 at 04:49:36 PM EST
    I think Santorum should stay as far away from the 'throwing up' metaphor as possible. He just sealed the deal as the most unpleasant candidate (for people other than me that is. He had me at 'man on dog').

    President Santorum. (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by Chuck0 on Sun Feb 26, 2012 at 05:03:34 PM EST
    Now there's an idea worth throwing up over.

    Well, we wouldn't want Presidents (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sun Feb 26, 2012 at 06:14:37 PM EST
    violating the old separation clause, eh??

    Not only is Obama playing the race card in an attempt to pressure black Americans into voting for him, he is also violating the separation between church and state. In the video promo for the campaign, Obama urges black people to pressure churches into supporting his administration by getting his message out via "the faith community". He also calls on voters to become "congregation captains".

    congregation captains? Really?

    I agree. Santorum is a nut. But Obama isn't exactly defending the Constitution.

    This video seemed weirdly written to me. (none / 0) (#7)
    by EL seattle on Mon Feb 27, 2012 at 03:55:24 AM EST
    Besides the awkwardness of the "congregation captains" phrase, and the (rather clumsy, to my ears) way that "barber shops and beauty salons" are mentioned, I was kinda stunned at about the :50 second mark, when Obama says,

    "...we can build a nation where everybody gets a fair shot, everybody does their fair share..."

    To me ths sounds like it's a little bit too close to being a general translation of "Jeder nach seinen Fähigkeiten, jedem nach seinen Bedürfnissen!" than I would expect from someone who wants folks to instantly reject all the right wing Obama-is-a-Commie claims.

     

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    Mo Dowd on the Ghastly Outdated Party (GOP) (none / 0) (#3)
    by Mr Natural on Sun Feb 26, 2012 at 03:35:05 PM EST
    "Republicans being against sex is not good," the G.O.P. strategist Alex Castellanos told me mournfully. "Sex is popular."

    The contenders in the Hester Prynne primaries...

    Too many quotes to quote.  Worth a read.

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