Seven
Santorum Letters
The
Morning Call, April 25, 2003
Box 1260, Allentown, PA 18105
Fax: 610-820-6693
Email: letters@mcall.com
Santorum’s words double-talk, at best
Pennsylvania’s Sen. Rick Santorum says, “I have no
problem with homosexuality. I have a problem with homosexual acts” (The
Morning Call, April 23). I have “no problem with” Rick Santorum. “I have
a problem with” what he says as my U.S. senator. It is double-talk, at best,
yet too extreme, when he compares homosexuality with
“bigamy...polygamy...adultery... the right to do anything.”
Claiming that his remarks have been “misconstrued,”
Sen. Santorum adds, “It’s not the person, it’s the person’s actions.
And you have to separate the person from their actions.” Again, it’s not
“Rick Santorum,” but his “actions,” speaking as my representative to
the Senate.
- Charles Cantalupo, Bethlehem
State’s residents must reconsider Santorum
Sen. Rick Santorum’s April 7 interview with The
Associated Press is an attack on the majority of the Pennsylvanians he is
supposed to represent. The core of his statement shows that he is unwilling
and unable to represent anyone who does not uphold his view of the “healthy,
stable, traditional family.”
Those who find themselves in the following categories
“destroy the basic unit of our society”: single-parent families,
divorcees, homosexuals, heterosexuals with no children, non-Christians, all
single adults and feminists of every ilk.
In line with Mr. Santorum’s comments, I have nothing
against a bigoted ideologue. I have a big problem with his actions (and voting
record) commensurate with those beliefs.
The pertinent questions are: Does he represent us
inclusively? Does he legislate with the wide array of Pennsylvanians in mind?
Is he fit to represent the many of us who fall outside the “traditional
family?” The answer is, emphatically, no.
It is time for Mr. Santorum to resign his leadership role
in the Senate. It is time for Pennsylvanians to reconsider his ability to
represent us as a senator.
- Kimberly C. Brown, Lower Saucon Township
Leadership privileges squandered on Santorum
Sen. Rick Santorum’s comments concerning homosexuals
were unenlightened, intolerant, and utterly ignorant. His comments comparing
homosexuals to criminals and perverts reveal just what kind of a man he is.
His leadership position offers him great visibility and
influence. It is very distressing to think that these privileges are being
squandered on an ethnocentric and homophobic fool.
Today, I am embarrassed to be from Pennsylvania. Sen.
Santorum needs to resign.
- Carlos Diaz, Emmaus
Santorum owes apology to law-abiding taxpayers
I would like to let Sen. Rick Santorum know that I am a
law-abiding, tax-paying citizen of the United States of America. I am also a
lesbian. I find it hard to believe that such horrible, hateful and
narrow-minded comments could come from Mr. Santorum’s mouth.
I was raised in a traditional, heterosexual family, the
kind of family that Mr. Santorum feels every family should be like, and in it
I suffered abuse at the hands of a family member.
I am gay, but I am not a child molester, an adulterer, a
bigamist, or a polygamist. I am in a committed, monogamous relationship with a
wonderful woman. This relationship is going into its eighth year. My
relationship is just as important and no less worthy than Mr. Santorum’s
relationship with his wife.
I feel Mr. Santorum owes many people an apology.
- Brenda L. Kern, Bethlehem
Appalled by Santorum, his refusal to apologize
I am a straight male. Although I have never voted for
Sen. Rick Santorum, I do respect his commitment to public service, his regular
visits in each county across Pennsylvania, and his dedication as a father and
a husband.
Nonetheless, I am appalled that my senator has refused to
apologize for his repugnant remarks. Gays and lesbians are Americans. They
deserve equal treatment under the law in this greatest democracy on Earth.
I support former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, M.D., in his
call for Sen. Santorum to resign from his position as third-ranking Republican
in the Senate. When Gov. Dean receives the Democratic nomination for the
presidency next year, he will make clear that such divisiveness is
unacceptable in our democracy.
- Ari Mittleman, Allentown
Antigay remarks cause pain and fear
I would like Sen. Rick Santorum to know that I pay taxes.
I am an American citizen. I vote. Yet what protection do I have as a lesbian?
Apparently I would get no protection from him if he had any control over it.
I know that I have it great, living here in America, but
I live in fear of discrimination and hate because of remarks from our leaders,
and a lack of response from our leaders to those defamatory remarks.
Obviously, it is still OK to openly discriminate against
gays and lesbians. His recent comments are very hurtful, and assist in
cultivating fear and hate. I am hurt, and I am ashamed.
- Lisa M. Schaffer, Bethlehem
Put Santorum in charge of ‘sex police’
Sen. Rick Santorum argues that the right to privacy does
not exist in the case of consensual gay sex and even adultery. Shazaam! It’s
an interesting position to take by a right-wing Republican who is for less
government in almost every situation. I suggest that George Bush create the
SPD, Sex Police Department, with Sen. Santorum in charge.
Give him an extension ladder and a flashlight. I know we
will all be much better off with the senator protecting our moral well-being.
- Henry T. Lyons Jr., Allentown
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