Rick Santorum recently told audiences that he would nullify all existing marriages between same-sex couples in the United States. Even in California, when Proposition 8 took effect, their state supreme court allowed 18,000 gay couples to stay married. Rick Santorum's position is further to the right than anyone else's.
For his efforts to end legal recognition of relationships of same-sex couples and for all his willingness to ignore what the right wing likes to call "states' rights" he got the blessing of designated hate group Family Research Council:
Santorum's stance was endorsed by the Family Research Council, which was involved in an unsuccessful attempt to win passage of a constitutional amendment during George W. Bush's presidency.
"Same-sex marriage is an oxymoron" because marriage can only be a male-female relationship, said the council's Peter Sprigg. If the Constitution is amended to include that definition, he said, states that had recognized same-sex marriages would have to convert those relationships to civil unions.
Sprigg is the guy who said that the way to stop gay teens from committing suicide is to tell them they
should convert to heterosexuality. And he says gays
will undermine the institution of marriage. He has
also stated his desire to export gay people from the United States. Along with spreading fears of the breakdown of the family and civilization in general, Sprigg
has compared marriage equality for loving couples to incest and adult-child marriage. He said that repeal of the military's gay ban would lead to the destruction of the US military, and along with Rick Santorum,
he wants to see Lawrence v. Texas overturned. He
wrote a pamphlet supporting conversion therapy and referencing NARTH.
This is the type of person who supports a Santorum candidacy. These people are happy to endorse at least one part of his long list of social changes he would like to inflict upon American society. It is interesting though to see a designated hate group openly endorse something a candidate for the presidency is doing. I can't imagine this is a welcome endorsement, though who really knows, when it comes to Rick Santorum, anyway?
We'll see how many other hate groups follow their lead and endorse Santorum for president of the United States.