Santorum talks of the government inventing rights, when obviously they have no such power to do so, and they did no such thing.
They recognized our natural right that has always existed, and at the expense of the government power to enforce compliance, in one of the most personal and private domains of human interaction.
He doesn't not want to outlaw or regulate contraception because he doesn't believe in Government power to do such things - he DOES want it to be outlawed at the STATE level.
Electoral considerations aside - his fundamental philosophy on the natural rights of man and individual liberty are anathema to me - and should be to any conservative who believes in a government of limited and enumerated powers and the sovereignty of the citizen.
Amen.
You said that so much better than I ever could have.
BS. YOU made that up. YOU say that Santorum wants to outlaw it at the state level. He said the DECISION should be up to the states. He didn't say that the states should ban it. What he opposes is SCOTUS inventing rights under "substantive due process". That's it.
I really hope that all of our good FRiend Santorum supporters here start paying attention to the handwriting on the wall.
After considering the governing and voting records of both Santorum and Gingrich, and after reading the minutiae of policy stands and proposals for solutions on their websites, it is clear to me that for all his flaws, Newt Gingrich is a pretty darned good candidate, a guy demonstrably humble enough to admit his mistakes, learn from them and apply what he's learned, probably a better candidate than we deserve, and categorically superior to Santorum in almost every way.
I think God has been pretty kind to give us Gingrich at this time and place, although His doing so, it seems to me, seriously tests the pride of many self-righteous Christians who've forgotten the stories in the Bible where the "good" and Godly person who points out to God how righteous he has been compared to that sinner over there, is rebuked by God (or Jesus) and the we're reminded that in the eyes of God, the repentent sinner has much value.
Godspeed Newt Gingrich.