Rick Santorum: Country With Firm Church-State Separation, Vomit-worthy

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I've seen a few of the dimmer right-wing bloggers say things like, "You can tell the left is scared of [Candidate X]! Look how much they're talking about him, all of the sudden!" But it isn't fear. It's the bizarre "candidate of the moment" nature of this season's GOP presidential contest. Rick (don't Google me) Santorum is only the most recent recipient of the "Not Romney" love. He's only been the guy for a few weeks.

So, it's only natural that Santorum's froth has risen to the top on left-leaning blogs like this one. He's got the spotlight on him, and when he does. . .well, he shows who he really is. Hence, I've got a number of Santorum posts. I know it's distasteful, but what can I do? Anyway, this particular post is necessary, not just because of its newsworthiness. It's important because there is a distinction that needs to be made loud and clear:


This country was founded upon the principal of the separation of church and state.

Yes, religious people can be active in politics. Yes, they can become elected officials. What they cannot do, is legislate their religious beliefs into law. They cannot make their constituents--who are comprised of people of many faiths, or no faith--adhere to laws that are based on any religion. This is the way it is supposed to work. It doesn't always. There are--for example--no good reasons for the rabid opposition to same sex marriage that are not religion-based. "Blue" laws are almost universally religion-based, and those date back centuries in some cases. Here in Las Vegas, we even have Mormon-based laws about when you can sell new cars, no joke. And of course, "In God We Trust" is on the money. Most non-God believers don't make much of a fuss over that one, but it is obvious that it shouldn't be there (and it makes as much sense to me as, "In Wookies We Trust.").

But religion isn't supposed to affect law. And Rick Santorum obviously would like it to be otherwise.

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Santorum: Separation Of Church And State 'Makes Me Want To Throw Up' 

. . ."I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state are absolute," he told 'This Week' host George Stephanopoulos. "The idea that the church can have no influence or no involvement in the operation of the state is absolutely antithetical to the objectives and vision of our country...to say that people of faith have no role in the public square? You bet that makes me want to throw up.". . .

Read more at: Huffington Post