Santorum: Call Secularism A Religion So We Can Ban It From Public Schools

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Santorum: Call Secularism A Religion So We Can Ban It From Public Schools

Kyle Mantyla at Right Wing Watch

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/santorum-call-secularism-religion-so-we-can-ban-it-public-schools

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It was just yesterday that the American Family Association's Bryan Fischer was calling for people with HIV to be quarantined in the name of protecting the public health. So naturally, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum appeared on Fischer's radio program today to share his excitement at having partnered with the AFA on his most recent film "One Generation Away."

During the discussion, Santorum said that Christians have allowed their faith to be removed from the public square and need to start fighting back, arguing that removing the Bible from public school classrooms is not neutrality but rather the promotion of the secular worldview. He suggested that conservative Christians should respond by "calling secularism a religion because if we did, then we could ban that too."

Claiming that the absence of religion is itself a religion, Santorum said that Christians must reassert themselves and insist that Christianity "should be taught in the schools" instead of worrying about offending people: - See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/santorum-call-secularism-religion-so-we-can-ban-it-public-schools#sthash.C8QLsjI5.dpuf



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[BlueJazz]

1. Tsk, Tsk...Ricky, Ricky...you've been taking those pills again...

[silverweb]

3. Stealing...

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Great picture!

[SomethingFishy]

2. I feel bad for these poor Christians, who are so persecuted

that they have to go on their Christian TV shows, and their Christian Radio programs, and use their Christian stores, and their Christian Magazines and Christian Newspapers to promote their Christian Movies, that prove that their faith has been removed from the public square.

[Scootaloo]

4. ...

[chrisa]

5. That statement literally makes no sense - in multiple ways.

Similar word use as an example - "Let's call bachelors married so that they can get divorced." Wut?

[TlalocW]

6. If we call it a religion, we can ban it from schools

And then put our religion back into schools... Even though it would be banned liked secularism for being a religion... Um, yay, God?

TlalocW

[Rex]

7. Man-dog sure does like to make a fool out of himself.

I see he was trying to outcrazy Fischer...which is a feat in itself.

[longship]

8. Plus, there's evolution!!! And Darwin gave rise to HITLER!!!

Santorum is nothing but a nighttime emission.

Santorum

[jmowreader]

9. Rick Santorum needs to grow a ZZ Top beard like the Robertsons of Louisiana

If he wants to be the next Mullah Omar, he needs to LOOK like Mullah Omar.