Speaking to Joe Piscopo on his New York radio station AM 970, Rick Santorum took the tragedy that unfolded in South Carolina last night and turned it into a talking point on the imaginary "assault on religious liberty" he and others on the religious right have been trumpeting.
He started out on the right foot, saying "It’s obviously a crime of hate. Again, we don’t know the rationale, but what other rationale could there be?" But then Santorum couldn't help himself. Instead of focusing on the lives that were taken, he quickly broadened the scope to score cheap political points for his campaign.
You talk about the importance of prayer in this time and we’re now seeing assaults on our religious liberty we’ve never seen before. It’s a time for deeper reflection beyond this horrible situation.
It's not surprising that Santorum would use this moment to fearmonger to Christians, but it is still sickening. That there is an concerted "assault on religious liberty" in this country is a laughably empty controversy dreamed up by fundamentalists in response to the marriage equality debate. To drag it into the murders that took place at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church is beyond human decency, even for a Republican presidential candidate of Rick Santorum's caliber.again republicans show there is no empathy for American citizens murdered or otherwise and their . they wrap that evangelical tattered blanket around their rhetoric and true to right wing form cry foul in reverse the very things they say are happening to them is indeed what they are doing to everybody else. i fail to see how their faithfuls can cling to a religion that has nothing to do with the religion that teaches caring, love, compassion, looking out for those not as fortunate, not hate merchants still fighting for a centuries old discriminate ideology that is no longer en vogue but dwindling in numbers and relevance.
those whom promote this farce against God continue the agenda, G W Bush, "you can fool some of the people all of the time and those are the ones you want to concentrate on", looking for guidance can be detrimental to your soul especially if you look in places that you can't attach the teachings of Jesus to. recognize
