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Here is where I have to give Rick Santorum a perverse (indeed) sort of credit. Unlike a vast majority of those running for office, he is totally OK with going there, penis-in-various-holes-wise. I suspect that it's his apparent comfort with explicitly raising the idea of sex, as much as his out-of-kilter views on it, that rankles all but the most extreme social conservatives. To go from the hypothetical legalization of homosexual marriage to bestiality, you have to have at least given passing thought to the physical act of gay sex.
Santorum's more recent comments relating to birth control specifically betray a similar kink. Last October, he explained why he thinks contraception is "not OK" in terms far removed from the lofty constitutional arguments of the Issa panel. Birth control, Santorum argued, is "a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be". To even have that opinion, Santorum has to have given thought to which sex acts are outside "how things are supposed to be". I dare say Rick Santorum has a richer fantasy life than most.
Why Is Rick Santorum Obsessed With Your Sex Life? | | AlterNet
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When a conservative politician decides he doesn't want to think about people having sex, he (and it is usually "he") lends support to policies that suggest you shouldn't have it.
But when a typical American decides he doesn't want to think about people having sex, he or she just doesn't want to watch.
Perhaps there's a problem in Mr. Santorum's home that Viagra can't cure.
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#1 - Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:46 AM ESTThat is because Santorum's problem probably isn't hanging between his legs - hence, Viagra isn't a cure. I suggest, although nothing supports this, that he has an extreme psychological (dare I suggest, psychotic) hang up on sex that probably dates back to some kind of childhood trauma. Seriously! Why else would he be so perversely obsessed with it and refer to it in such vague terms? Oh sure, he can wrap it all up in his religious convictions, but I just think that this is much more deep seeded than pure religion. He never developed past the "sex is icky" stage either emotionally or psychologically.
What I object to, more than the pure creepiness of Rick Santorum, is all the religious hoopla and how religious institutions feel they are being put upon because they are being made to provide birth control. President Obama made a perfectly acceptable concession on this point. However, if the Bishops are at this point the ones carrying the torch, then I must protest that MY religious freedom is being placed at risk. If we are going to protect freedom of religion, we must protect freedom of ALL religions (including those who allow contraception) and above all we must protect freedom FROM religion.
Returning to the religious institutions that are providing services to those of different religious persuasions, if this concession (which actually is just a preservation of the status quo, meaning that any of these religious institutions are operating a business in the public domain, they must adhere to public laws) doesn't meet with their approval, sell the business to someone who will run it in the public interest - not their own religious interest.
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