We all know that Rick Santorum is a flaming homophobe, so it should come as no surprise that he told the mother of a gay son that her son was ungodly and engaging in unhealthy activities for society. From Think Progress:
“Everybody in America should have the same rights, and I would agree with that,” Santorum said. “Everyone in America should have rights that are endowed to them by the Creator, those are unalienable rights. And your son, just like everyone else here, has those unalienable rights.”
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But, Santorum said, “There are certain things that government does that gives people privileges in order to promote activity that are healthy for society and are best for society. And those things we promote would give people advantages or benefits, government benefits because we think that is healthy activity. Mothers and fathers coming together, forming healthy marriages, having children and raising those children. Every American child has the right, and the government should support the right to have and know their mother and father and be raised by their mother and father.”
When exactly did Santorum, or for that matter any Republican, start to give a rat’s a** about the health of society? It certainly wasn’t during this interview:
A healthy society begins with *um* health, which requires healthcare. Personally, I like the idea that my neighbor will be immunized for polio or that people with communicable diseases are allowed treatment, whether or not they can afford them. Going to a doctor? A healthy activity. Not going to a doctor because you can’t afford it? Not a healthy activity. Telling a woman that her son is ungodly and unhealthy for society? That is simply divisive.
We all know that Rick Santorum is a flaming homophobe, so it should come as no surprise that he told the mother of a gay son that her son was ungodly and engaging in unhealthy activities for society. From Think Progress: