Santorum’s
Rant
San
Francisco Chronicle, April 23, 2003
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Another day, another Republican leader spouts off. This
time it’s Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., discussing a pending U.S. Supreme Court
case regarding sodomy laws (“Gays ask GOP to replace Sen. Santorum,” April
22). Santorum equates homosexuality with bigamy, incest and adultery in trying
to justify the existence of such laws. Such contorted reasoning belies the
intellectual vacuum social conservatives find themselves in.
These laws, thankfully, have long since proved an
embarrassment wherever they are found. They are hardly ever enforced, but
their mere establishment, usually aimed specifically at gays and lesbians, are
a potential source of unwarranted government power. Only 13 states still
recognize them and the Supreme Court can finally put this beast to rest.
—Stanley F. Kern, Daly City
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