http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/18/rick-santorum-protestantism_n_1286471.html
So according to Santorum, mainstream Protestantism is "gone from the world of Christianity." Well, I'm sure Protestants will be surprised to hear that.
Santorum, a rabid Catholic, has expressed many bizarre and extreme views, including his assertion that even married couples should abstain from sex except for procreation (glad I'm not his wife), and his extreme thoughts on birth control, including this doozy:
"Its not OK. It's a license to do things in the sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be. ... If it's not for purposes of procreation, then you diminish this very special bond between men and women."
This Washington Post story (link below) lays out some other of Santorum's stranger views, including the one that women shouldn't work outside the home, saying it is a ""sad situation" created by "radical feminists" who undermined the traditional family by "convincing women that professional accomplishments are the key to happiness."" Oh, really? While I agree that it would wonderful if all children could have a stay-at-home mom, the truth is that many families can't survive, much less thrive, on one income anymore, especially with the demise of the traditional pension and more of more of the cost of health care being shunted to the worker instead of the employer. Not to mention, with the divorce rate over 50%, how does Santorum think women who end up divorced with several children to raise would be able to support them if not for the ability to be able to work at something other than a minimum wage job?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/campaigns/santorum-out-of-step-with-americans-even-most-of-gop-on-birth-control-some-other-issues/2012/02/17/gIQAw8bJJR_story.html
I think I know what's up with Rick Santorum, because I've seen this happen before. Many years ago a friend of mine, the last person in the world you would suspect this would happen to, up and sold everything he had and joined a religious cult. I'm serious as a heart attack when I tell you I think Santorum has the same kind of symptoms as someone who joins a cult, only in this case he is in a mainstream, accepted religion, although I don't know one Catholic out there who would agree with these bizarre views. Rick Santorum has let religion so twist his thinking that he has gone to an extreme that is obviously unacceptable in someone who wants to lead a country where religious freedom is guaranteed by the Constitution. He wants to live in a theocracy of his own making, a world where women are dependent on their husbands for everything, where they shouldn't be "allowed" to work at something they find personally fulfilling, where sex is only for procreation (yeah, that will go over well with voters), and where he wants to legislate via the Bible and the Vatican, which is clearly unconstitutional, not to mention un-American.
When religious fervor turns into irrationality, then it's time to seek help. Let me give you some advice, Mr. Santorum. The first thing you need to do is admit that your views have gone astray of rational thought, then you need to step down from the presidential campaign. Thirdly, seek some therapy to regain some balance and perspective in your life.
I think I know what's up with Rick Santorum, because I've seen this happen before. Many years ago a friend of mine, the last person in the world you would suspect this would happen to, up and sold everything he had and joined a religious cult. I'm serious as a heart attack when I tell you I think Santorum has the same kind of symptoms as someone who joins a cult, only in this case he is in a mainstream, accepted religion, although I don't know one Catholic out there who would agree with these bizarre views. Rick Santorum has let religion so twist his thinking that he has gone to an extreme that is obviously unacceptable in someone who wants to lead a country where religious freedom is guaranteed by the Constitution. He wants to live in a theocracy of his own making, a world where women are dependent on their husbands for everything, where they shouldn't be "allowed" to work at something they find personally fulfilling, where sex is only for procreation (yeah, that will go over well with voters), and where he wants to legislate via the Bible and the Vatican, which is clearly unconstitutional, not to mention un-American.
When religious fervor turns into irrationality, then it's time to seek help. Let me give you some advice, Mr. Santorum. The first thing you need to do is admit that your views have gone astray of rational thought, then you need to step down from the presidential campaign. Thirdly, seek some therapy to regain some balance and perspective in your life.
I'm guessing right about now the GOP is wondering why they didn't put more money and effort into a Jon Huntsman candidacy!
