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Back in 2002, in a Catholic publication Santorum wrote an article called "
Fishers of Men" in which he claimed the following:
Like most American Catholics, I have followed the recent sex scandals in the Church with profound sympathy for victims, revulsion over priests who prey on minors and frustration at the absence of hierarchical leadership. Unlike most, I have been visited by the gift of hope; for I see in this fall an opportunity for ecclesial rebirth and a new evangelization of America. This "new evangelization," advocated strenuously by Pope John Paul II, has the potential for restoring confidence in the priesthood while empowering all American Catholics.
The most obvious change must occur within American seminaries, many of which demonstrate the same brand of cultural liberalism plaguing our secular universities. My hope was rekindled last week as our American Cardinals proposed from Rome an "apostolic visitation" of seminaries emphasizing "the need for fidelity to the Church's teaching, especially in the area of morality." It is an arduous task. However, the Pope made it clear last week that he expects the strong appeal of the Cardinals to be followed by decisive Episcopal action.
It is startling that those in the media and academia appear most disturbed by this aberrant behavior, since they have zealously promoted moral relativism by sanctioning "private" moral matters such as alternative lifestyles. Priests, like all of us, are affected by culture. When the culture is sick, every element in it becomes infected. While it is no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism in America, lies at the center of the storm.
So men who are forced to remain celibate for their entire lives, and then left alone with young, easily manipulated children are only taking advantage of them because of liberal attitudes in the world? WTF?
Now as those of us with a working intellect well know the Catholic priest sex scandals were NOT contained in Boston, and in fact turned out to be a
world wide phenomenon that often went back for decades. It even poisoned the lives of native children living in the remote
villages of Alaska.
Just a few days ago the frothy mixture
was asked about his contention that liberals were responsible for man on boy sex in the Catholic church. He did not respond well.
This is the kind of bullshit blame game that these morons engage in all of the time, when they are around like minded individuals who will not call them out on their scurrilous claims. So of course now that Santorum has, what he believes, is a chance to get the GOP nomination he does not want to talk about the ignorant stuff he happily talked about in the past.
As a matter of fact Santorum's obsession with all things sexual, has started to cost him support with the very demographic that he is relying on to carry him into the White House.
The Conservatives.
The GOP’s problem is that such talk alienates many voters who support the party out of fiscal conservatism but who would not appreciate Rick Santorum meddling with their sexual freedoms, thank you very much. If the Republicans want to deny Barack Obama a second term, they can’t afford to lose any of these voters.
There are a fair number of Republicans, not to mention Republican-leaning independents, who don’t care so much if Billy loves Bobby and is allowed to marry him. They realize the military hasn’t imploded post the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. So Santorum’s boast that he would restore the ban doesn’t exactly thrill them.
They realize that abortion rates have plummeted in recent decades and have little interest in reinstituting a nationwide ban on the procedure.
They’re not obsessed with the fallacy that women having access to contraception has undermined American families. And they don’t buy into a brand of Christianity that consistently reaches to promote the Founding Fathers as Bible-carrying apostles for Jesus.
Hmm it looks like many on the conservative side have decided to grow up, but little Rickie is still stuck in an adolescent fixation on all things sexual.
I think that most of us well realize that those who constantly promote themselves as better than others and seem to believe that they are surrounded by sexual deviancy, are in fact projecting their own frustrating desires from deep within their closet of denial.
So the question for any good reporter, in my humble opinion, should be, what is Rick Santorum hiding?
Because I think that many of us believe that it is definitely something.
Gee no wonder Sister Sarah likes him so much.
