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	Rick Santorum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Santorum is a member of the Republican Party and was the chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, the number-three job in the party leadership of the Senate.
		Santorum and U.S. Senator John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, are the lead sponsors of the Workplace Religious Freedom Act (WRFA), which would require employers to accommodate the religious observances of their employees as long as such accommodations would not impose an "undue hardship" on the employer.
		Santorum did not retract his remarks, stating that they were intended not to equate homosexuality with incest and adultery, but rather as a critique of the specific legal position that the right to privacy prevents the government from regulating consensual acts among adults (such as bigamy, incest, etc.).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rick_Santorum (6277 words)

	Santorum controversy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Santorum described the ability to regulate consensual homosexual acts as comparable to the states' ability to regulate other consensual and non-consensual sexual behaviors, such as adultery, polygamy, child molestation, incest, sodomy and zoophilia (bestiality), whose legalization he believed would threaten society and the family, as they are not monogamous and heterosexual.
		In the interview, when asked for his position on the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal, Santorum said that the scandal involved priests and "post-pubescent men" in "a basic homosexual relationship" (not child sexual abuse), which led the interviewer to ask if homosexuality should be outlawed.
		In July 2005, Santorum's Director of Communication, Robert Traynham, confirmed speculation that he was gay, describing himself as an "out gay man" who strongly supported Santorum, "a man of principle[;] he is a man who sticks up for what he believes in".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Santorum_controversy (898 words)

	Santorum Profiles
		Santorum is point man for the constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, calling wedlock between a man and a woman the glue that holds society together.
		The controversy over Santorum's enrolling five of his six children in the Internet-based school in the Penn Hills School District in Western Pennsylvania while mainly living in Virginia is more of a short-term annoyance than a persistent threat to reelection unless a "pattern of hypocrisy" emerges, political analyst Stuart Rothenberg said.
		For Rick Santorum, it is a bruising crusade.
	mysite.verizon.net /lardil/id12.html (1789 words)

	Just Pete » Santorum-less in 2006? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Santorum’s campaign is floundering as Bob Casey, his opponent, maintains a strong 16-point lead in the Pennsylvania Senate race.
		In a interview from 2003, Santorum made such homophobic statements that he is now seen as one of the most homophobic Senators on the hill.
		Santorum announced in June that “we have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq,” referring to degraded, pre-1991 weapons that the White House already dismissed.
	www.justpetehere.com /2006/07/10/santorum-less-in-2006 (628 words)

	Stanley Kurtz on Senator Rick Santorum & Sodomy & Homosexuality on National Review Online
		Santorum is obviously concerned that, if the Supreme Court rules that the state has no right to regulate sexuality in the case of sodomy, a court might someday deny the state the right to regulate even incest.
		In this case, moreover, I believe that Santorum's religiously derived wisdom contributes to the public debate by reminding naive secularists that there is in fact a tradeoff between sexual freedom and family stability.
		And Sen. Santorum's acceptance of a homosexual orientation, combined with doubts about the act itself, is just a classic statement of "loving the sinner but hating the sin." I don't happen to share that view, but it is ludicrous to claim that holding it should disqualify a man from high office.
	www.nationalreview.com /kurtz/kurtz042403.asp (2084 words)

	Rick Santorum - Congresspedia
		Santorum is being challenged in the Republican primary by John Featherman, self-described as social liberal and fiscal conservative, who ran against Santorum in the 2000 Senate election as a Libertarian.
		Santorum's supporters said that the controversy is politically-motivated as the school board is controlled by Democrats (Erin Vecchio, the school board member who first publicly raised the issue, is the chair of the local Democratic Party).
		Santorum hailed the ruling as a victory against what he termed "baseless and politically motivated charges." Santorum told reporters that "[n]o one's children — and especially not small, school-age children — should be used as pawns in the 'politics of personal destruction.'" [17]
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Rick_Santorum (4491 words)

	CNN.com - Santorum under fire for comments on homosexuality - Apr. 22, 2003
		Santorum made the comments in question during an interview with The Associated Press.
		In a statement released Tuesday, Santorum did not dispute the accuracy of the quote, but criticized the AP story as "misleading." His said his comment was specific to the pending Supreme Court case.
		In the April 7 interview, Santorum describes homosexual acts as a threat to society and the family.
	www.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/04/22/santorum.gays (917 words)

	Santorum is GOP star even as he sparks spat
		To supporters of Sen. Rick Santorum, the controversy over his statements on homosexuality and the law come as an unwelcome distraction at a time in which his star has been on the ascent.
		Santorum, the state's junior senator, has emerged as perhaps the most influential figure within the state party because of his appeal to the GOP's conservative base and his central role in the redistricting plan that gave Republicans a big majority in the state's congressional delegation.
		He also noted that the controversy could be a hurdle to the possibility that Santorum would end up on a presidential ticket at some point in the future.
	www.post-gazette.com /nation/20030427santorum401nat2p2.asp (1071 words)

	U. S. Senate Passes Santorum Amendment, Supports Critical Thinking Regarding Evolutionary Theory
		The Conference Report, where language from the Santorum Amendment was included, is not law in a strict sense, but is meant to be an explanation of the intent of the bill.
		Where topics are taught that may generate controversy (such as biological evolution), the curriculum should help students to understand the full range of scientific views that exist, why such topics may generate controversy, and how scientific discoveries can profoundly affect society.
		Santorum's statement you will have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the page, past discussion of a different amendment, and click on "Forward" in the second column of links.
	www.ideacenter.org /contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/1195 (1659 words)

	The Carpetbagger Report > Print > A good example of why Dems lose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		While I'd argue that the Santorum controversy was more, shall we say, provocative to the public because it involved sex, Tomasky makes a compelling point: that Democrats went berserk over Santorum and largely ignored the RNC story when the impact of each meant the emphasis should have been reversed.
		Santorum's reputation has clearly taken a hit, and his chances for national office have probably diminished, but his leadership post is safe.
		While he describes Santorum's remarks as "ignorant and hateful," Tomasky argues that strategically savvy Dems should be putting even more emphasis on correcting the public perception that Republicans are more reliable and trustworthy on national security issues.
	www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com /wp-print.php?p=136 (639 words)

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		Santorum's legal address is in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, but he lives most of the year at his home in Leesburg, Virginia near Washington, DC.
		Santorum's five older children received education through the Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School with 80% of tuition costs paid by the Penn Hills School District.
		Supporters of the Senator claim that the controversy is politically motivated as the school board is controlled by Democrats and Erin Vecchio, the school board member who first publicly raised the issue, is the chair of the local Democratic Party.
	www.atsnn.com /story/135804.html (1716 words)

	Santorum Blog: Rasmussen: Casey 56% - Santorum 33%
		The Santorum Blog is a grassroots site dedicated to keeping Santorum supporters and political nerds up-to-date with the latest breaking Senate race news.
		Santorum continues to flounder with his base, attracting support from only 67% of GOP voters.
		The Senate race has been enlivened of late by controversy over Santorum's official residence, with the incumbent accusing the Casey campaign of spying.
	santorumblog.com /2006/05/rasmussen-casey-56-santorum-33.html (569 words)

	Philadelphia Daily News \| 05/24/2006 \| John Baer \| Santorum's odd reaction to house story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Erin Vecchio is a local Democratic official and school board member who in '04 questioned Santorum's using local resources to cyber-school some of his children.
		Santorum owns a Virginia home where he, his wife and six children, aged 14 and under, mostly live, though his office says they spend long weekends and holidays in Penn Hills, his voting residence.
		Assuming, since the house is 30 yards or so from the street, someone trespassed to look inside, and noting a Casey press release saying Santorum doesn't live in the house, the Santorums fire off an angry letter to Casey.
	www.philly.com /mld/dailynews/14653178.htm (625 words)

	FOXNews.com - Santorum to Home-School Children - Politics \| Republican Party \| Democratic Party \| Political Spectrum
		Rick Santorum (search) and his wife will immediately begin home-schooling their five school-age children after they drew criticism from a school board member for sending them to an Internet-based school paid for by taxpayers.
		A spokeswoman for Santorum had said the senator and his wife divided their time between their Virginia home and the one in Penn Hills, which they bought in 1997.
		The Santorums bought the small Penn Hills in 1997 for $87,800, and it was assessed for $106,000 last year, records show.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,138984,00.html (799 words)

	Senate GOP rallies behind Santorum=TheHill.com= (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rick Santorum’s (R-Pa.) widely reported and controversial comments about homosexuality are unlikely to harm his stature within the Senate GOP Conference, according to Senate Republican sources.
		GOP aides say Santorum has taken the necessary steps to defuse the controversy and shore up support, despite continued calls by some Democrats for him to resign from his leadership post.
		Santorum remarked, “If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to [gay] consensual sex within your 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.
	www.thehill.com /news/042903/santorum.aspx (713 words)

	Santorum offers thanks to Senate GOP colleagues in aftermath of controversy=TheHill.com= (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Santorum did not apologize for his remarks, which pertained to a U.S. Supreme Court case on a Texas sodomy law, although he did issue a statement saying his words should not be misconstrued as commenting on “individual lifestyles.”
		In the statement that drew the controversy, Santorum told an AP reporter that, “If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to [gay] consensual sex within your 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.
		Senate Republicans hoped to put the Santorum controversy to rest, while also setting aside intra-party bickering that erupted over before the recess, when Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) promised two GOP centrists that he would hold a tax cut bill to $350 billion — less than half the president’s original request.
	www.hillnews.com /news/043003/santorum.aspx (542 words)

	Fund-Raising Letter Adds to Santorum Controversy
		U.S. senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), who has been criticized for recent remarks about gays and lesbians, sent a letter to donors shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks soliciting donations for a nonprofit group lobbying against same-sex marriage.
		The revelation about the letter is the latest development in an ongoing storm of controversy surrounding Santorum’s public comments on homosexuality.
		You have the right to anything.” In an April 22 statement, Santorum said his comments should not be misconstrued as a statement on individual lifestyles and that he is a “firm believer that all are equal under the Constitution.”
	www.sodomylaws.org /santorum/snnews079.htm (238 words)

	Declaration Foundation: Restoring America
		The Santorum flap is only part of a precursor to the to the mother of all cultural battles.
		If the Santorum controversy tends to make swing voters see the Republicans as a party of antiquated scolds, judicially imposed gay marriage will make these voters see the Democrats as a bunch of elite social radicals beholden to special interest groups and contemptuous of public opinion.
		True, the Santorum flap will make it tougher, at first, for opponents of gay marriage to put their case.
	www.declaration.net /news.asp?docID=3420 (861 words)

	Santorum Exposed
		In short, of the hundreds of possible improvements he might have suggested to the “No Child Left Behind” bill Santorum decided that the important thing was to force extreme, anti-scientific theories like “intelligent design” into America’s classrooms as an equally valid alternative to the theory of evolution.
		A prominent supporter of “intelligent design,” Phillip Johnson, actually took credit for drafting the language of Santorum’s amendment, which “intelligent design” supporters later cited in their effort to require that Ohio schools give “intelligent design” equal time with Darwinian evolution in biology classes.
		[Santorum] urged the group to keep an open mind about what he saw as a rising debate in schools over the teaching not just of evolution but also of alternatives, such as “intelligent design,” a theory holding that the complexity of the natural world offers overwhelming evidence of a supernatural force at work.
	santorumexposed.com /pages/issues/issues-science.php (578 words)

	Booman Tribune ~ A Progressive Community
		Casey is over 50% in oevery poll against Santorum, even though he is the lower-name ID challenger and lower-name ID challengers receive the bulk of the undecideds in elections.
		It isn't only that his stance on the issues are different than my own (though that is a major part of it), but also because he sought to win the nomination by short-circuiting the primary process and denying progressives an opportunity to vote for one of their own.
		Santorum is in deep deep trouble." The second sentence negates the first.
	www.boomantribune.com /story/2006/2/17/14570/4890 (7841 words)

	Santorum U.S. Senate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Senator Santorum will be a guest on Larry King Live on CNN tonight at 9:40 pm and on Scarborough Country on MSNBC at 11:00 pm.
		Santorum clearly laid out his thoughts on the Middle East, explaining that he sees Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela as bigger U.S. threats than Iraq.
		Santorum now is the chairman of the Republican Conference, the rah-rah-sis-boom-bah office responsible for getting GOP incumbents re-elected.
	www.ricksantorum.com /Blog/Default.aspx (1876 words)

	kdka.com - Santorum Residency Conflict Continues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Lawyers for Santorum have already submitted a five-page letter, arguing that both state and federal law allows them to vote in Penn Hills because he is a member of Congress and they do, in fact, live there.
		Santorum Campaign Spokesperson Virginia Davis responded, “This is political dirty tricks at its worse.
		Senator Santorum is a taxpaying resident of Penn Hills and Allegheny County.
	kdka.com /topstories/local_story_145180815.html (462 words)

	Santorum school controversy shows lack of rules for cyberschools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Santorum is not going to make a move in 2008.
		They've been after Santorum for some time, though, not because of his possible Presidential ambitions, so much as due to the fact that he's anti-abortion, and they are out to get anyone who's anti-abortion, particularly if he's a young up and comer like Santorum.
		My understanding is that Senator Santorum has a larger family, and multiple kids over multiple years could easily raise the tuition bill to $100,000.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1310853/posts (3306 words)

	kdka.com - School Board Wants State Reform of Charters
		Vecchio voiced objections that the Penn Hills district pay for Santorum's children to attend the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School since the senator and his family primarily live in a $757,000 home in Virginia.
		Santorum's relatives and friends defended him Tuesday night, but some residents asked why the district should pay for his children's education.
		On the heels of the controversy, Santorum and his wife withdrew their five children from the cyber school -- saying they would homeschool them.
	kdka.com /local/local_story_343115749.html (481 words)

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