Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Friday, April 12, 2013

Rick Santorum: Gay Marriage Discourages Straight Marriage

Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" this week that he thinks same-sex marriage discourages marriage between a man and a woman.

"Would we be discouraging heterosexual marriage by allowing gay marriage?" Bill O'Reilly asked Santorum.

"Yeah, I believe we would," Santorum replied.

Santorum then suggested that legalizing gay marriage results in Americans having less children.

“Because we'd be saying that marriage isn't about children," Santorum said. "And when we say that, then, of course, the consequences are you're probably going to have less children. It's happening as we see it. It's already happening in America."

Santorum went on to say that the idea of marriage being defined as a union between a man and a woman "having children and furthering society has been diminished."

This is not the first time Santorum has commented on same-sex marriage. In January, he blamed gay marriage, abortion and pornography on colleges encouraging a "sea of antagonism toward Christianity."

In January of last year, Santorum said he would make same-sex marriage "invalid." In December of 2011, he blamed gay marriage for plummeting rates of marriage across America.

Original Article
Source: huffingtonpost.com
Author: Gabrielle Dunkley

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