Thursday, July 28, 2005

Santorum On the Daily Show

Whu-pah.

I'm so confused at how guys like Santorum can say this stuff with a straight (ha ha) face. It's a step away from saying people who have sex with people of the same sex aren't actual people, they're fake people. I find it incredibly surreal.

I don't know how long people can just nod along with the crap before they start realizing what's actually being said. I'm waiting for the Great Masses (the 52%) to wake up and go, "Hey, wait a minute! That makes no sense!" Read the rest:

Santorum: No, no. Again, what's society's purpose in marriage? Society's purpose - the reasons civilizations have held up marriage is because they want to establish and support and secure the relationship that is in the best interest of the future of the society, which is, a man and a woman having children and providing the stability for those children to be raised in the future.

Stewart: Wouldn't you say though and with that same thing and I completely agree, although I always thought the purpose of marriage was a bachelor party but that's beside the point. (laughter) But wouldn't you say that society has an interest in understanding that the homosexual community also wants to form those same bonds and raise children and wouldn't a monogamous, good-hearted, virtuous homosexual couple be in society's best interest raising a child rather than a heterosexual couple with adultery, with alcohol issues, with other things, and by the way, I don't even need to make that sound as though a gay couple can only raise a child given failures in other couples.

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Anonymous said...

I agree. Also, it always amazes me that these people simply ignore practically all of human history when they make these blanket statements about marriage and family. Marriage did not come about as a way to protect the relationship. Marriage came about as a way for men to establish and/or build up property rights. Also, how these people think that they know what's best for the family, when half the time they're screwing around on their wives, is beyond me.

I was disappointed that Stewart didn't get into Santorum's views on whether women should have a career outside of the home. That, to me, is one of the biggest pieces of bullshit that Santorum spouts off about.  

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