Santorum: Supreme Court Won’t ‘Make Same Mistake’ On Gay Marriage As It Did With Abortion

Failed Republican Presidential Candidate Tells 183 Million Americans:
Your Position On Same-Sex Marriage Is Not ‘Well Thought-Out’

Rick Santorum says the Supreme Court won’t “make the same mistake” on same-sex marriage as it did in the landmark Roe v. Wade 1973 abortion case.

“I think you’ll see, hopefully, a chastened Supreme Court is not going to make the same mistake in the [Prop 8 and DOMA same-sex marriage] cases as they did in Roe v. Wade,” Santorum said in a telephone interview with the Des Moines Register:

“I’m hopeful the Supreme Court learned its lesson about trying to predict where the American public is going on issues and trying to find rights in the Constitution that sit with the fancy of the day.”

Asked about his plans to seek the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, he said: “I haven’t made any decisions, certainly hoping to do that.” The father of seven said it will depend on his personal life and the political scene in the next election cycle.

Santorum is coming to Iowa next week to say that although some Republicans here and elsewhere are now publicly backing marriage rights for same-sex couples, the party will never embrace that.

“One of the things I learned from the last four years is that when you go to Iowa, people pay attention to what you say,” he said. “That’s always a gift that Iowa can bring to any person in public life. We’re going to talk about the concerns I have.”

There’s obviously “an increasing mood” on supporting gay marriage, but “it is not a well thought-out position by the American public,” Santorum said.

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Recently, Santorum appeared on a radio show hosted by his group, Patriot Voices, and lied about  Starbucks‘ Howard Schultz, claiming, falsely, the Seattle, Washington-based CEO had announced that any shareholder who did not support same-sex marriage should sell their Starbucks shares.

 

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