Posted on 12/16/2013 5:16:42 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The Republican was once savaged for suggesting polygamy could become legal if the Supreme Court killed anti-sodomy laws. Now a judge has ruled against Utah’s anti-polygamy statute.
A decade ago, Rick Santorum said polygamy, among other things, would be allowed if bans on sodomy were struck down by the Supreme Court.
“Sometimes I hate it when what I predict comes true,” the once and likely future Republican presidential candidate tweeted Sunday after a federal judge decriminalized polygamy in Utah.
Judge Clark Waddoups ruled late Friday that parts of the state’s law are unconstitutional, based on a Supreme Court ruling that legalized sodomy across the nation.
In 2003, referring to the landmark gay rights case Lawrence v. Texas before the Supreme Court, Santorum told the Associated Press:
“If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery.”(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
“Still trying to figure out why anybody cares what Rick Santorums opinion on polygamy is. “
He was way ahead on this issue and was ridiculed for what he said.
Nobody cares about the messenger, but the message is correct in this case.
Not yet, at least.
This douchebag endorsed Arlen Specter.
I’m not against polygamy. Some of the people in the Bible had multiple wives. Myself, I can’t afford another wife, one is enough.
I have a feeling there will be a lot of men heading to the Philippines, Thailand, Ukraine and Russia the day after it’s legalized.
No, it’s not astounding, and yes, he remains a d-bag. I agree with this particular statement-how can I say otherwise when it’s the truth?-but that’s not an endorsement of Santorum. He just happens to be the one who said it in the thread to which I’m responding.
Satan knows that God exists and admits it. As a fundamentalist Christian, I hardly endorse Satan. But as to the existence of God, he is correct.
Let me add that it astounds me more that Satan admitted the existence of God, as he is the father of lies. But every knee must bow before God, even if it takes until judgement day.
Wow... I recognized the Furies... and was actually thinking Orestes. They actually taught this stuff in my highschool once upon a time... just my memory is not what it ought to be.
Why would any sane woman want more than 1 husband? 2 husbands= twice the beer stains on the couch and when football season rolls around you’re a widow twice over!
“So almost 60% supposedly are fine with same-sex marriage, but 83% disapprove of polygamy? Huh?”
Do not look for any logic, reasoning or consistency there. It only means that the homosexualist propaganda machine has had much more time to brainwash the gullible public than the polygamists have. Which makes sense since polygamists are usually busy with working, their wives and their children and lack the free time that the homosexualists have to advance their agenda.
David wrote the book of Psalm, not Solomon.
Yes, out west it’s the whacko mormon lost boys, in the muslim world it’s jihadists exploding their way to getting laid in paradise.
“If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual sex within your home, “
Are you saying I don’t have this right former Senator Santorum?
In other words, Utah polygamists can’t be discriminated against now, but they still can’t get married.”
No, they can’t have multiple marriage licenses. They will still cohabit as if married because in their minds they are.
Yeah, all those who have allowed themselves to be cowed by popular culture into ‘accepting’ homosexual marriage, are going to start feeling pretty stupid when polygamy gets pushed by the same folks.
Unlike homosexual marriage, which has never existed anywhere before, to my knowledge, polygamy has a long history and track record. It’s the more traditional of the two, so to speak.
Wait until the civil war erupts within PETA over this!
Plus, there are going to be a lot of John Kerry types marrying the poodle heiresses of rich old biddies who left their fortunes to "Fluffy".
Lawyers field day!
Yep. The house will not stand once the foundation is gone.
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