Rick Santorum: If Elected I Will Nullify All Existing Same-Sex Marriages Nationwide

[WillParkinson]

Rick Santorum: If Elected I Will Nullify All Existing Same-Sex Marriages Nationwide

Rick Santorum says that if elected he would ensure that all existing same-sex marriages will be nullified. That's not too surprising actually, but that's a step further than we've heard from the other GOP tools.

There are 18,000 married gay and lesbian couples in California and at least 131,000 nationwide according to the 2010 census, conducted before New York state legalized same-sex marriage in July. Rick Santorum says he'll try to unmarry all of them if he's elected president. Once the U.S. Constitution is amended to prohibit same-gender marriages, "their marriage would be invalid," the former Pennsylvania senator said Dec. 30 in an NBC News interview. "We can't have 50 different marriage laws in this country," he said. "You have to have one marriage law."

Romney also wants a federal constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, but has said he would allow existing marriages to remain legal. The Family Research Council yesterday voiced their support for Santorum's plan to rip apart gay families.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2012/03/rick-santorum-if-elected-i-will-nullify.html

[pnwest]

1. i'm sorry, what? cant have 50 different

marriage laws in this country?? Isn't this the guy who wants to turn everything over to the states?

[WillParkinson]

2. Only for things that aren't gay marriage...

Everything else is cool.

[richmwill]

3. Exactly.

Conservatives are all for "states rights" and "limited government" except for this one issue. Which to me shows their true hatred and bigotry.

[bluestateguy]

4. States rights (except for gays)

nt

[muntrv]

5. Hey Ricky! What happened to states rights?

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. If there was any sanity on this chunk of dirt

he would have just lost the 10th amendment nuts.

Reality tells me that they will all still be driving their pick-ups with the "Respect the 10th" (or whatever) bumpersticker while voting for Christy McSweaterVest in another month.

[sabbat hunter]

10. he did say

that he would have a constitutional amendment passed, which would eliminate the 10th amendment issues.

he maybe crazy but apparently he isn't stupid.

[Ruby the Liberal]

16. How fascist of him.

[htuttle]

7. He must think he's running for 'King'

[customerserviceguy]

8. That's impossible, since marriage is solely controled by the states

at least as far as eligibility is concerned. Now, there's DOMA, which theoretically gives one state the right to not recognize a same-gender marriage legally contracted in another state, but it hasn't been through the SCOTUS for a constitutional check.

There is no Federal power that can tell a state that a marriage conducted under the laws of that state is invalid within that state. He's just talking out of his ass here.

[sabbat hunter]

11. he said that it would be a constitutional amendment

which then would give the federal government power over marriages....

He is apparently just crazy, not stupid.

But his thought pattern saddens me greatly.

[customerserviceguy]

17. And all it takes to stop a constitutional amendment

Is thirteen states willing to say "No". By the time Sicky Ricky or any other Rethug could get the necessary two-thirds majorities in both houses of Congress to pass such an amendment, we will have at least thirteen states with marriage equality. And the President is Constitutionally nothing but a cheerleader for or against any amendments.

He's talking out of his ass, I say. Let the voters reject him, like they did in Washington state this last weekend. Now, there's a state where the fundies should have been up in arms about equal marriage, having just seen it pass their legislature and be signed by the governor. Santorum worked it the day the bill was signed into law, and still, WA state GOP'ers said, "OK, we don't mind your stance on this issue, but even WE don't want to take away other people's (and our own) contraception.

I doubt that enough signatures will be gathered to force an initiative in WA, and even if it does happen, I expect the people of that state to turn it down at the ballot box. His thought pattern is just that, HIS thoughts. Fortunately, few of of our fellow Americans feel like he does about sexuality.

[Loudmxr]

9. You go Ricky. Screw the 10th Amendment.

And those silly laws of 1964 and 1965 that gave "equal rights" to those inferior brown people.



Never ever be in the same room with me.

[provis99]

12. conservatives always want to amend the Constitution to take away people's rights.

they just don't get the idea of a Constitution, which was to guarantee, protect, and expand people's rights.

[Blue Owl]

13. ...with a wave of his hand, I'm sure

[TygrBright]

14. Heil Rick! n/t

[Prophet 451]

15. Good reason not to elect you then n/t

[Initech]

18. Man the election hasn't happened yet and Rick's already declared himself Caesar.

[Fearless]

19. Wait? I thought you thought they weren't real to begin with?!?

You really need to pick one side or the other. Either they are legitimate and can be taken away (in theory) or aren't legitimate and therefore couldn't ever be taken away because they don't exist.

So dumbass, which one is it?

[joeybee12]

20. IF he's elected...that's a big IF Sicky Ricky...nt