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Permalink Reply by Steph S. on December 14, 2011 at 11:08pm

Yeah he's full of crap. It's just an excuse for them to be bigots.

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Permalink Reply by Rob van Senten on December 15, 2011 at 4:57am

It's funny that in his mind this correlation automatically means "causation". 

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Permalink Reply by Susan Stanko on December 15, 2011 at 7:55am

With his knowledge of science, does this really surprise you?

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Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on December 15, 2011 at 7:43am

Santorum is catholic.  With all of those unmarried priests running around, and all of those nuns who are supposedly "married to Jesus" (so much for one man/one woman) it's amazing he is still married.

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Permalink Reply by Martial Epicurus on December 15, 2011 at 10:51am

I don't know what creeps me out more...the fact that it's 2011 and a "presidential candidate" is steeped in stupidity or the fact that he actually has a following. I keep wondering aloud, "are people really this ignorant?" 

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Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on December 15, 2011 at 11:15am

It's the following that creeps me out more.  Without them, he would just be another nutcase blathering in church.

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Permalink Reply by Pat on December 15, 2011 at 12:12pm

And, lest we forget.  According to our ever-so-devout public morality mouthpieces who peek into  bedroom windows, the LGTB community is also destroying marriage in this country.  Well.............except for one small nagging fact.

According to the US Census Bureau, the states with the highest divorce rate in 2009 - in order - are:

Nevada, Wyoming, West Virginia, Idaho, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Alabama, Alaska, Colorado and Florida.  Needless to say, we're talking mostly red states here which have a significant population of arm waving, tambourine banging, babble in tongues, evangelicals. Is it just me, or are the bible thumpers doing a great job of destroying marriage all on their own, without any outside help?

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Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on December 15, 2011 at 1:06pm

Excellent point.  So is evangelism the cause of the low marriage rate?  

Then again, this writer in the Washington Post proposes that same sex marriage would improve the marriage rate.  

in "D.C. Superior Court, from the date same-sex marriage became legal (March 3, 2010) until Oct. 21, 2011, there were 10,751 applications for marriage licenses filed. In the 365 days ending March 2, 2010, the court received 3,101 applications. In the year ending March 2 of this year, the number of applications more than doubled to 6,604."

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"Six months into the new law’s effect, D.C. Council member David A. Catania (I-At Large) told me that data from D.C. Superior Court suggested that more same-sex couples were getting married here than heterosexual couples." That might be pent-up demand.  I suspect so.  Plus, that info won't make Santorum happy.

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Permalink Reply by Tara Benson on December 15, 2011 at 7:38pm

Santorum is an idiot.  Enough said.

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Permalink Reply by Susan Stanko on December 17, 2011 at 11:29am

I really wish we had a "like" button

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