P-G:Editorial: Santorum and sin

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Editorial: Santorum and sin / After working mothers, the senator insults Boston

Monday, July 18, 2005

U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum has his own variation of that old excuse for shameful behavior: The devil made me do it. Speaking of the child-abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, the senator has offered this explanation: The liberals made them do it.

That's not quite how he put it, but it's close enough. "Priests, like all of us, are affected by culture," he wrote. "When the culture is sick, every element in it becomes infected. While it is no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism in America, lies at the center of the storm."

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more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05199/539542.stm

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1. Great editorial.

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Among Sen. Santorum's supporters, being denounced by the likes of Sen. Kennedy will be taken as a badge of honor, but he deserves the ire of anyone with a sense of decency. These comments were insulting, bigoted and stupid. At the heart of what he said is a vile suggestion: To be a liberal is to favor child abuse.

The pedophile priest scandal in the Catholic Church was a national phenomenon that happened to come into the spotlight in Boston. It could just as well be argued that this occurred there because of the pressure of outraged liberal parishioners and the focus of a great liberal newspaper, The Boston Globe, to end the abuses. But the truth is that political opinions shaping the culture had nothing to do with it.

As The Washington Post reported, the diocese with the highest percentage of abusive priests from 1950 to 2003 was in a red state, Covington, Ky., while cities commonly regarded as liberal had relatively low rates (including San Francisco).

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When the senator shoots his mouth off about Boston, he comes close to maligning Pittsburgh. It will be something to remember in 2006 when voters consider the fate of Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Embarrassment.

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As a Pennsylanian, reading this does my heart good.

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2. Just goes to show you, intelligence and integrity haven't got a damn

thing to do with becoming a republican office holder. All you gotta do is sling a good line of bullshit and the no-minds will put you one the public payroll.

[CoffeeCat]

3. Oh, I see, Mr. Santorum...

...liberals enable pedophilia.

Is that what he's actually saying?

Maybe we should trod out that very-long list of Republican child molesters--and we'll see what Rick has to say about that.

Child molestation is a serious issue that has become epidemic. Rick obviously doesn't take the rape of children very seriously. Child molestation is just another political football for Rick to kick around.

What have you ever done to help the children and adults of these heinous crimes, Rick? Have you listened to their stories? Spearheaded efforts to provide therapy for those devastated by these crimes? Authored legislation that deals with this rampant sickness in any way? No...I didn't think so.

As a liberal--and a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, who was victimized by a die-hard conservative--I saw GO TO HELL, you miserable scum!

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4. Santorum and I agree on something!

"When the culture is sick, every element in it becomes infected."

This culture right now is sick. Viruses like E-FAUXi, Rovengitis, and Chimp-uenza are infecting America and its immune system (the MSM) is not doing a very good job of fighting back.