FOX News-Sen. Rick Santorum Will Not Apologize for Comments

The National Journal ^ | April 23, 2003 | Rob Miller

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Senator Rick Santorum (Republican-Pennsylvania) said on Fox News Channel:

'I do not need to give an apolgy based on you know, what I said and what I am saying now.

I think this is a legitimate public policy discussion.

There are not, you know, ridiculous comments.

More Santorum, in the unedited transcript of his Associated Press interview:

I have no problems with homsexuality. I have a problem with homosexual acts.

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No Trent Lott apology fest this time..

[steveegg]

Outstanding work by Sen. Santorum, though I take issue with the "I have no problems with homsexuality. I have a problem with homosexual acts." line. I happen to have a problem with homosexuality, the same problem I have with, say, bestiality and polygamy; they're all inherently immoral.

[TonyWojo]

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[crz]

Doesnt quite fit the bill that statement does it? Although I kind of like the way he put it. It will make those who support such immoral things to explain what exactly they see not immoral about it.

[TLBSHOW]

I have no problems with homsexuality

huh ...senator its the same thing as the act...

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I think he meant that he has no problems in terms of discrimination and what liberals would think as biogtry against those people.

[McGruff]

Well whatta you know, a republican with a backbone. What a refreshing surprise.

[twigs]

I think the good senator is making a distinction between someone who has homosexual tendencies and cannot help that and the person who was decided to act on those tendencies. The action is the sin. That someone may be more attracted to someone of their own sex is not wrong in and of itself if he/she does not act on it. I think he's got it just right here. I'm proud to call this man my senator.

[HumanaeVitae]

Bra-vo.

What the homosexual activists wanted here was a Trent Lott situation so they could equate 'discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity', which is wrong, with 'discrimination on the basis of behavior', which is what the government does all day long.

Looks like Santorum slammed the door on that right there. This idiocy of excusing and condoning every behavior just because someone screams loud enough and runs to a courthouse has got to stop somewhere. Might as well stop here. Great job, Sen. Santorum.

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Rick means that he has no problems opposing so called 'discrimination' I would guess-I agree with your point..

[T Lady]

Amen to that.

It's probably one of the main reasons I could never go into politics...telling the truth about issues such as this can get you into Politically Correct hot water.

-Regards, T.

[Slyfox]

Hillary is working in hyper-drive today.

[Blessed]

Having Homosexual feelings are the same as hate.Until you act on the feeling it is not a crime.It is just a secular way of saying hate the sin love the sinner.

[smith288]

I do have an issue that they think they are their own race where they are entitled to things that challenge the very moral core of our society. I know several homos and they are very nice people and I talk sports and other issues. But if these people were to push their gayness on me or try to "normalize" their way of life by talking loudly on the phone with their significants or march in obnoxious parades with cross dressing...then they are no longer being gay, but being a-holes.

[sinkspur]

This idiocy of excusing and condoning every behavior just because someone screams loud enough and runs to a courthouse has got to stop somewhere. Might as well stop here.

It won't. The SC took this case so that it could overturn the Texas sodomy law and reverse its Bowers decision made in 1986.

[Texans]

I believe he is trying to say "Hate the sin not the sinner".

[skeeter]

No Trent Lott apology fest this time.. .

Provided our own 'moderates' don't go wobbly on us... again. If they do all bets are off.

[HumanaeVitae]

Depressingly true. But they haven't decided it yet. Perhaps they will realize that this is not the 1970's, when the media was dominated by liberals. The media environment is far different now, so the reaction won't be comprised of the kind of 'warm fuzzies' they are accustomed to receiving from lamestream media.

[onedoug]

No apologies for calling decivilizational practices what they are.

[Paraclete]

Is this akin to saying: "I personally don't believe in abortion, but believe in a woman's right to choose?"