Santorum: Gay Sex Is Not Equal To Straight Sex

Rick Santorum yesterday revealed a shocking side to his anti-gay bigotry. Santorum, still struggling in the polls a Newt Gingrich surges ahead, told a group of about 100 Dordt College students in Sioux Center, Iowa, that the reason he is opposed to same-sex marriage is because gay sex is not equal to straight sex.

Santorum was asked about marriage equality by Jason Kornelis, a 23-year-old graduate of the small Christian college that hosted Michele Bachmann earlier this year. ABC News characterized the exchange as “tense.”

Clearly agitated, Santorum seemed astounded when Kornelis said he couldn’t contemplate how this would “be a hit to faith and family in America.”

“You can’t think of any consequence?” Santorum asked.

Kornelis answered that he did not.

Santorum then said that if same sex marriage was legalized then “their sexual activity” would be seen as “equal” to heterosexual relationships and it would be taught in schools.

“Really- wow- um okay, well let’s see if we can have a discussion. We can flesh out some, well, let’s look at what’s going to be taught in our schools because now we have same sex couples being the same and their sexual activity being seen as equal and being affirmed by society as heterosexual couples and their activity,” Santorum said.

“So what is going to be taught to our people in health class in our schools? What is going to be taught to our children about who in our stories, even to little children — what are married couples? What families look like in America? So, you are going to have in our curriculum spread throughout our curriculum worldview that is fundamentally different than what is taught in schools today? Is that not a consequence of gay marriage?” he GOP hopeful asked.

Kornelis said he still did not agree, to which the candidate responded, “I think you’re wrong — okay, in fact you have to know you’re wrong, because if we say legally if this type of relationship is identical to other type relationships than of course more of it will be taught because this is what the law says.”

This is truly shocking. Santorum is saying that homosexual sex — whatever that happens to be, and medical professionals will tell you, as studies already have, that there is a large range of what gay couples do in bed as there is what straight couples do in bed — is not “equal” to straight sex, that somehow straight sex is more “moral” than gay sex.

This very well may be regarded as Santorum’s last battle, the day he lost all respect from both Democrats (if there was any) and from Republicans, the majority of whom find demonizing loving gay couples for “their sexual activity” repugnant.