Is Santorum a Threat to Religious Liberty?

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Rush Limbaugh

“Do you think Santorum is a threat to your religious liberty? If you do, you are wrong,” Limbaugh told listeners this week, referring to the candidate’s now-infamous “Satan” speech at Ave Maria University. “Barack Obama has already shown that he is a threat to religious liberty. He has already indicated he doesn’t believe in it [by] mandating that Catholic institutions give away things related to abortion” (FREE audio).

Michael Savage

“Everyone is mocking Rick Santorum,” noted Michael Savage, “but the fact of the matter is, nothing he’s saying is false.”

He continued, “Everyone is saying this destroys Santorum’s chances. … Remember when the worst president in American history (until this one) was President Jimmy Carter?

“When Ronald Reagan came along, the Democrats said, ‘Oh, thank God! He’s a cultural conservative, so we can easily defeat him,’” Savage noted. “How did that work out for them?”

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  • bullhead

    He is just to Catholic fo rme

    • Kate

      Think about what you just wrote! I'd rather have a good, conservtive Catholic than a muslim or two of the other GOP candidates who are ( "working like a team", pumping out utruthful & negative adds). Good 'Ol Newt wouldn't be so bad; he is quick on his feet, seasoned and tough! ….And forgiven!!!! I don't care to come back to this "comment sight" and see ignorant people making "empty statements" just to be heard. "Empty can's rattle loudly! I want real conservatives to state legitimate concerns; otherwise, It is just a waste of my time.

  • tod

    rick and mitt are both New World Order Puppets !!! Dr.Ron Paul 2012 !!!

  • Shira Levin

    Rick Santorum is right. It is obvious Satan has his claws in the United States. Corruption permeats American society.
    In several states so called Gay marriage, which isn't really marriage, is legal. Since 1973 more than 50 million unborn babies have been murdered. Witchcraft and the occult have become acceptable. Note the popularity of the Harry Potter series. Something is definitely rotten in the United States.

  • Ann Wilson Kingsley

    As an Evangelical Christian, I do not believe Santorum will make a good president. We need a very astute Fiscal Conservative at the helm. Santorum is not a Fiscal Conservative, and neither are the other candidates. Santorum gets too caught up in fighting Social Issues that get resolved in a much easier manner by Libertarian policy. Ron Paul is the brilliant strategist that our country needs right now.

    • http://r3voluti0n.com Jason

      I am an evangelical Christian also. I support Dr. Ron Paul M.D. for president. He practices what he preaches and he will not let the federal government impose their will on the church or let them deny my right to pray wherever I wish. He has always followed the constitution and he is 100% consistent. These are all Christian values.

      Ron Paul doesn't use his religion for political gain like Santorum who wears it on his sleeve, then funds Planned Parenthood "taking on for the team" so he can be a "good republican" or "team player".

      I heard Ron Paul’s adviser (Doug Weed) say, “If you keep telling lies about me, I am going to have to start telling the truth about you.” This is what Ron Paul has done.

      What kind of morals do you have if you are supposedly against abortion, but compromise your morals and “take one for the team” murdering thousands of innocent lives to be a “team player”? Santorum, you are a FAKE!!! There is no excuse for this.

      • Patricia

        Ron Paul has said he doesn't care who want's to "marry." If you are such a weak person as to not take a stance on right and wrong and traditional mores that have worked for centruries to the good of all in society and especially our children, you will never have my vote Mr. Paul

        • MartinRidens

          We take those stands in our communities and neighborhoods Patricia not with the force of the federal government. If government hadn't gotten involved in marriage and made it beeficial for tax purposes and other benefits in the first place we wouldn't even be having this discussion. The solution is to get government out of marriage, not give it even more control.

          • Patricia

            Apparently Martin, some of the communiteis are being forced to accept this farce as normal and legitimate and there are times when we have to use the government to create laws to protect us. If the government didn't, we would have anarchy. Who do you think makes us obey the laws of the land…certainly not your next door neighbor who thinks he's married to another man. The government shouldn't be making this decision but when you have those who think it's fine to use judges to make new laws and regulations, we have no recourse but to turn to our representatives in "govenment" to bring sanity back to a country. The government already seems to have control Martin. We're too late in that respect.

          • Punchy

            Well put Martin, Those who oppose Dr. Paul’s position on social issues don’t understand how real freedom works. If you take the federal government and their handouts out of the equation, there is seldom if ever, a lasting problem.

          • Jonathan Gartner

            Ah more Paulbots. If we oppose we do not understand exactly what I would expect from a libertarian. And of course taking the government out solves everything truly a Paul bot solution. Surprise Paulbots there is nothing in the Constitution about marriage there fore any courts decision is out. But libertarians being what they are of course would say we do not care what the states do very amoral but I have come to expect that out of Paul along with lies

        • tomnchrist

          Patrica, You keep making this comment about gay marriage, but Ron Paul’s stance is to return those issues back to the States, as per the Constitution.
          He is the Best (and only candidate running) that has the Character and proven cosistency to reduce the federal branch of governement to an affordable size, and get rid of the federal reserve and re-establish the dollar to a respectable currency.
          Also he is the only (to my knowledge) non-CFR controlled candidate of the two major parties.

          • Patricia

            The states don't seem to have the ability to control those issues apparently. All the states who have homo marriage were bypassed by the people's vote. I don't trust Ron Paul. He already said he doesn't care who gets "married." If a person isn't concerned about the moral decline of a country, all the other issues will eventually be moot.

          • meecha

            Patricia ….we all despise sodomite marriage but biblically there is no such thing as a state sanctioned marriage …its a religious ceremony and the bible implies that the sexual act IS marriage……i live in the uk where we have a state church and we are in far more trouble than u but Ron Paul is cutting off the cancer at the root….efeminates have the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness……we need to DEFUND them

          • Jonathan Gartner

            Paul does not because he can not and still have the same "reading" of the Constitution. He is not the great liberator he is a jackobean a libertine and all that goes with it. He has to allow gays to marry because not to would be depriving them of their rights according to Pauls reading. You cant have it both ways. Totally amoral as Obama is immoral and unethical the same coin to different faces both roads led to the same place.

          • Jonathan Gartner

            Of course as a libertarian he has no choice. Libertarians are amoral as Obama is immoral. Paul would allow drugs legalized, prositution and many other immoral things. There is a difference between common sense that was shown by our founding fathers and the laws they made and the false freedom of Paul. He is a liar in that he would attack those getting and voting for earmarks while he would put them in a bill sure to pass then vote against it to keep his hands clean. Real Honest

        • Ellen

          Then let God judge them instead of thinking that your way is the only right way. God loves all people regardless of their sin or those who want unions for equal rights. Teaching our children what is right, or what we believe is our responsibility, not that of a president!

    • Jonathan Gartner

      Strategist since when??? he has not done anything in 23+ years in congress with 600+ bills. He has to be able to work with congress and the ones he has worked are people like Barney Frank. And Libertarian policy is first cousin to marxism read Karl some time he got a lot of his ideas from libertarians from France.

  • john j

    I think that the only threat Rick is to , would be humanity ! His main goal will be taking the evil guns … He thinks that he has everyone bullshutskied on his stance on the First , but I know he’s after it , and you know what’s after that …

    • john j

      Also , I can see Rush selling himself to reconstitute the status quo , but I thought Michael Savage was more of a solid American than that … Keeping job security is one thing , but selling your country for fame is way out of line !… Right Rush ?

  • jerry1944

    Thats funny RUSH selling our country for fame .Rush is already famois and he is a true american. but i dont have to defend him most ppl that hear him know it. I could vote for rick are newt i guess but sure rather have Bachmann but i want vote for the lib romney. It helps when we have a leader that belevess in GOD and not a muslummm

  • Diana

    Rick Santorum is by far the best of the whole lot of the candidates we have to choose from. I hope people notice how much more Santorum is campaining after our real adversary which is Obama!

    The disastrous policies this ungodly man has inflicted on our nation are crippling.

    We need a true christian in the White house.

    • http://r3voluti0n.com Jason

      I heard Ron Paul’s adviser (Doug Weed) say, “If you keep telling lies about me, I am going to have to start telling the truth about you.” This is what Ron Paul has done.

      What kind of morals do you have if you are supposedly against abortion, but compromise your morals and “take one for the team” murdering thousands of innocent lives to be a “team player”? Santorum, you are a FAKE!!! There is no excuse for this. This is not Christ-like.

      • Jonathan Gartner

        And lets tell the truth about Paul. 23+years and 600+ bills and nothing done. Attacks people getting earmarks and hiding his in bills that are sure to pass then votes against them real honest person there

    • Jonathan Gartner

      I agree it comes down to him or Newt. Romney is very liberal in reality and has never created a job with Bain but, invested in people who had the ideas. He supports abortion and homosexuals and is anti-gun hardly Mormon positions and he has attacked all others in the race except for Paul. Paul is the same as Obama except he is a fiscal conservative. Watch your back in this post there are irrational Paulbots about.

    • JERSY

      we need MR, SANTORUM!!! IN WHITE HOUSE!!!

  • les denis

    Santorum is running to become Pope Santorum….and you will live under his rules.

    • Patricia

      Yep…probably…just like at the present time we are living under a dictator's rule…buy insurance or we will remove it from your banking account….give your hard-earned money to the poor who refuse to work or we will take it from your bank account. Yep, it will be somebody's rules one way or the other.

  • Myrtlelinder

    Psalm 121

    1. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence comes my help.

    2. My help comes from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

    3. HE will not suffer thy foot to be moved; HE that keeps thee will not slumber.

    4. Behold, HE that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep

    5. The LORD in thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

    6. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

    7. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: He shall preserve thy soul.

    8. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.

    • Kate

      God's WORD is the best rebuttal! God bless you! You and I will just continue to trust our great God…and be happy to await HIS will:) I'm sure that we have a lot of other, precious sisters and brothers in the Lord who are wlling to pray and wait along side.

      • Myrtlelinder

        You are 100%, thanks.

    • Jonathan Gartner

      And remember to pray Psalm 109 for Obama at least once a day.

  • http://www.survivingurbancrisis.com/ Silas Longshot

    Ooo, now Santorum’s the ‘big threat’. Yeah, right, that’s the way the media paints it, humm? Too ‘religious’, eh? Well, we plainly see what the results of not checking the ‘religious background’ gets ya, 0bama a muslim wearing a Christian coat to get elected. I’m pretty sure Santorum didn’t have his youth spent as a muslim, adopted by an Indonesian and likely his college years weren’t spent hanging around the communists and radicals.

    And Romney, the best RINO money can buy? He gets my vote only if he’s the last man standing against 0bama. I’ll even vote for Paul, if by a million to one shot he turns out to be the man. Otherwise it’s a toss-up between Newt with his brilliant ideas or Rick with his passion.

    • Kate

      A-Men!

  • William

    I moved to Indiana recently where you would think the people are good basic Americans. Yet large numbers are detached from the debauchery of our leadership plus the complacency they exhibit in the face of the impending demise Of our former great nation is striking. Pretending all is well wont make it so.

  • http://r3voluti0n.com Jason

    Santorum thinks the federal government can impose its will on the church. This is not authorized in the constitution and very dangerous to religious liberty!

    • Patricia

      That's not what I heard him say this morning on television Jason. Stay tuned…you're missing some of his speeches.

  • M. Carlson

    Ayatollah Santorum has a religious platform., his version of Sharia Law. No birth control, no Planned Parenthood, no stem cell research, unlimited population growth He certainly is intemt on restriciton your religious freedom if it doesn't agree with his narrow views. He would be the worst thing to hit America since Carter. He wishes to set women back 300 years by making them breeding machines.

    • Ivrn

      You are a true feminist worshipping at the altar of Planned Parenthood. I have never understood why a woman would want to alter a normal body function or kill her baby all in the name of equality with men. A true feminist embraces her body and unique ability of carrying a child. Only a woman can do this which gives them a special gift. But you have bought into the lies of Planned Parent hood all the way. Get a hysterectomy and be done with it, no more worries.
      Show me a speech where Rick has stated anything you claim. It has all been taken out of context and he can say over and over that he would not try to outlaw birth control but you refuse to believe it. Let George Soros and Warren Buffet fund embryonic stem cell research, they can afford it. The government has no business in it.

  • M. Carlson

    Ayatollah Santorum has a religious platform., his version of Sharia Law. No birth control, no Planned Parenthood, no stem cell research, unlimited population growth He certainly is intemt on restriciton your religious freedom if it doesn't agree with his narrow views. He would be the worst thing to hit America since Carter. He wishes to set women back 300 years by making them breeding machines.

    • Patricia

      You are sooooo full of it. M. Carlson.I don't believe he would take away the choice for birth control. Condoms have been around for many years and I don't believe I've heard any presidential candidate say they would outlaw condoms or birth control. Santorum is against making all of society pay for what is each individual female's responsibility. Planned Parenthood is a death factory. It should be abolished. I planned my "parenthood" without their help. Why can't you?? Stem cells research involves death of a human. Other research needs to be investigated, especially since it has already been proven that stem cells can be acquired from adults and work just as well. I've never seen anyone with more narrow views than our present dictator. Only women can set themselves back 300 years. Keep your legs closed or use protection…you choice…or you can whine. You seem to be pretty good at that.

  • Punchy

    The way I see it, a persons beliefs and his/her politics are inseparable. I am a Christian so therefore whatever I believe dictates what I do. I am not a st.torum fan but understand that he will (at least should) vote how he believes.

    • MartinRidens

      That is perfectly reasonable when one has an idea of the proper role of government. Sadly, Santorum does not have an idea of the proper role of government.

      • Patricia

        Neither does our current dictator Martin.

      • Jonathan Gartner

        At least he has the right base that of morals and ethics we can go from there. With out that base you wind up back with Obama or his twin

        • MartinRidens

          Santorum does have the right basis of morals and ethics. Now if we could just get him to pay attention to the Constitution he would be just fine. Ron Paul has that same basis Jonathan, but Paul realizes the proper role of government.

          • Jonathan Gartner

            Ah but he does not. He does not acknowledge that the Constitution and the Bill of Right along with the Federalist Paper are moral and ethical being based on the bible he points to the French Revolution not the American one and his take is influenced by it.

          • MartinRidens

            I think I finally figured out where you get this silly notion you repeat ad nauseum about Ron Paul being influenced by the French revolution. You call yourself a scholar and claim to have done all this research but all you are really doing is regurgitating a rant by Santorum. Here is the proper rebuttal to your insane accusation and I will ask you again to kindly, STFU.
            http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/…

            You see Jonathan, research does pay off, you might try it sometime.

  • S Taylor

    I do not believe Santorum would impose his religious views on the nation. He has said, and I paraphrase, this is what I believe but I wouldn't make it the law. I would vote for him or Gingrich. I like many things about Paul but his stance on national security is frightening. He is either incredibly naive or not paying attention to what is going on in Iran when he says there is no proof they are working on and getting close to having a nuclear capabilities that could be used against us. I would vote for Romney only if he were the last man standing. He is more liberal than moderate, a democrat wearing a conservative coat. He has a business background but Newt has balanced big budgets as well and when it comes to debates he can run rings around Obama. Also, Newt's garbage has seen the light day, any harm that can be done has been done, but he has a way taking a ? and using it to highlight some of Obama's faults that mainstream media is doing it's best to bury.

    • JERSY

      ALL THE CANDIDTES, BUT OBAMA

  • Insighting Truth

    Ron Paul is the only GOP candidate to propose a budget designed to save America. Romney, Gingrich, and Santorum are all promising to continue business as usual, which is to say they will continue the policies that are destroying of America. Given these facts alone, the only conclusion possible is those who are anti-Paul, are also anti-American.

    • Patricia

      I want a president with common sense and some morals as well as someone who can straighten out, or at least attempt, our economic mess. Ron Paul may be able to propose a satisfactory budget but he apparently is not capable of using common sense. He says he doesn't care who wants to "marry." That makes him a danger to society in my book.

      • Jonathan Gartner

        Welcome to the wonderful world of LIbertarians. If it does not directly say no in the Constitution you can have it. Obama goes the same way morally and ethically as Paul does. Paul like you have noticed only difference is fiscal policy and that is not enough.

    • Jonathan Gartner

      Paul could never work with congress unless of course you cloned barney frank. People forget that it is not the President who has the purse strings but, congress. He would never get a budget to pass. Santorum and Newt both know the ropes and can get people to work together something Paul has never done in 23+ years and 600+ bills

  • MacLoklan

    In my eighty years of life, I have seen this religious country with a secular government turn into a secular country with a “religious” government. (for those who need explanation, “religious” means substituting “the state” for “God”.

    • meecha

      go Mac

  • tncdel

    What Santorum is is a threat to hand Obama a 2nd term, if the GOP is stupid enough to nominate him. Only Romney stands a chance of beating Obama. See: http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/poll-mitt-r…

    • Jonathan Gartner

      If you go back to Carter they said the same thing about Ronald Reagan. I would agree with you if things where not so bad in the country just like when Carter was running things. Either Santorum or Newt are the best choices using the logic that we have to separate our selves from Obama the farther the better. Romney is very liberal as seen by his time in Mass and Paul is just as bad as Obama except for his fiscal policy.

  • Dagny

    Rush, put a sock in your mouth already. Did you know that Rush is a neocon? He was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and he broadcasts his program on Clear Channel owned by Bain Capital, and so does Savage, Levin, Hannity, Beck. These neocons will push one of the candidates chosen by the corrupt new world order globalists insiders. Nothing new here.

    • Jonathan Gartner

      And by your rants you must be a Paulbot. Neocon, conspiracy theories and the rest of the nonsense. Please for your own health take the medicine

      • Punchy

        Oh Jonny, Anyone who does not recognize that there is and are conspiricies going on to form a new world order is both ignorant and blind. I suppose you think that all will be well if we could just shoot everybody that doesn’t have the same opinion as you. You, my bloodthirsty loon are a sad case.

        • Jonathan Gartner

          Talking about loons punchy the name fits you. The so called conspiracies fall apart because the parties all want the same cupcake and only one can have it. You and Paul both need to go back on your medications and Paul needs finally to go to a rest home. And you Paulbots insult and like Paul lie either that or you are real stupid

  • spelunker7

    Santorum is basically a big bag of wind. He claims to be a conservative even though there is very little evidence in his Congressional voting record to support such a claim. He recently has become a vocal religious bigot trying every way he can to attract votes without ever talking about the problems we face, or what he would do to solve them,if elected

    • Patricia

      All the candidates are basically bags of wind. They all will say what they need to to get elected. They all attract votes in their own particular ways. I don't really think it matters one iota who gets elected. Our economy is in such bad shape, the morals of this country are in the toilet and the other countries think we need to be annhilated. I don't think any of the candidates can save us from ourselves.

      • Jonathan Gartner

        During Carters administration we had many of the same problems. In some cases they are worse now and some better. I believe that two people have the morals and ethics to help this nation and its people. And their names are not Romney or Paul. People want to shoot both Newt and Santorum down and of course we have the Paulbots who are in lock step with Paul. Ron Reagan said that in 1984 the times were not the same and that religion does need defenders in that both morals and ethics. He unlike Paul understood the moral and ethical base of the Constitution being the Holy Bible.

  • Larrya pa

    you better be worryed about the snake in the white house.

  • Larrya pa

    we have to take our chances who ever wins the gop vote for him ,her whot ever as as we get Obozo out of office and more of the commies out,it will be a start.

  • Matt

    santorum sounds like a leader for a country and speaks the truth about what’s really going on. that’s why the liberals are after him.

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