Now as any of you have read I’m not a fan of Gingrich, because he’s an arrogant politician. Santorum though is just plain nasty. Seriously, a man who is running on the Republican ticket doesn’t seem to know when to keep his mouth shut. Today in the Huffington post found a speech given by Santorum at Ave Maria University in 2008 where he stated that Protestantism is out of sync with main-stream Christianity. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/18/rick-santorum-protestantism_n_1286471.html?ref=politics Now I know that as a Catholic I am NOT in the majority in America. Protestants are the majority in America. That’s a fact that has been true since the founding of this country. Now did Santorum know he was going to run for election in 2008, no, but did he know that he is a high-profile Republican, yes.
Rick Santorum‘s comments on homosexuality range from ridiculous, to ludicrous, to just plain mean. His most famous quote is from 2003 AP Interview where he said, after the Supreme Court came down with the decision to protect homosexual consensual sex at home, “then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything.” Doesn’t Santorum know there are Homosexual Republicans? Santorum is so far out of touch with even main-stream conservatives you have to wonder what river he’s paddling his boat down?
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Nearly every person who acknowledges an aversion to homosexuality does so on the basis of what he or she believes the Bible has to say. In their mind, there is no doubt whatsoever about what the Bible says and what the Bible means. Their general argument goes something like this: Homosexuality is an abomination and the homosexual is a sinner. Homosexuality is condemned in both the Old and New Testaments. Therefore, if we are to be faithful to the clear teachings of Scripture we too must condemn homosexuality. One would have to be living under a rock to be unaware that this premise is being widely debated among evangelicals today and seriously challenged by biblical scholars, theologians and religious leaders everywhere.
It rarely occurs to any of us that our reading of Scripture is profoundly colored by our own cultural context and worldview. Throughout church history most Christians who have used the Bible to condemn other Christians were acting in good faith. They believed they were defending against an attack of the clear teachings of Scripture. However, history has revealed that what many were defending was their presumption of what the Bible teaches, not the truth of Scripture.
In light of your post above and since I speak and write on this topic, I thought you might find this blog of particular interest (link below). Feel free to surf the “Archives” page as well. If you like, tell me what you think.
-Alex Haiken
http://JewishChristianGay.wordpress.com
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