Santorum

Last edited: February 14, 2005

Santorum

Definition

1. n. “The frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex.”

Thanks to Dan Savage for coining this term. See much more at http://www.spreadingsantorum.com/

“... if the Supreme Court says that you have the right to 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. You have the right to anything.”
—Senator Rick Santorum

“Everyone acts all surprised and upset, when all these guys
are doing is describing the Republican Party platform.”
—Bill Maher, on Santorum gay-bashing and Lott's love for slavery

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Santorum (An mp3 audio file thanks to www.bartcop.com)

Sen. Rick Santorum’s Unedited Comments on Homosexuality in an April 7, 2003 AP Interview

News

Santorum’s GQ Comments Provoke More Controversy - The Advocate, July 23, 2003

Santorum Supports Previous Comments on Homosexuals - Scranton Times Tribune, July 8, 2003

Group Celebrates High Court Ruling - Erie Times-News, July 4, 2003

Santorum’s Visit Countered by ‘Equality Rally’ Protest - The Derrick, May 28, 2003

Santorum is All Talk, Not Much Listening - Philadelphia Inquirer, May 15, 2003

Attendance Doubles at Gay GOP Event - Associated Press, May 12, 2003

Far Right Issues Hypothetical Barney Frank Interview - The Advocate, May 7, 2003

Shurtleff Stands Behind His Support of Antisodomy Law - Salt Lake Tribune, May 3, 2003

Santorum Meeting Went Badly, Parents Say - Philadelphia Inquirer, May 3, 2003

Parents of Gays: Santorum Stunk - Philadelphia Daily News, May 3, 2003

Senator in Heated Exchange with Parents of Gay Children - New York Times, May 2, 2003

Gay Activist Calls Santorum’s Comments Helpful - The Advocate, May 1, 2003

Fund-Raising Letter Adds to Santorum Controversy - The Advocate, May 1, 2003

Santorum Fundraiser Links Gays to 9-11 - 365Gay.com, April 30, 2003

Republican Lawmakers Back Senator in Gay Dispute - New York Times, April 30, 2003

Republicans Affirm Faith in Santorum - The Data Lounge, April 30, 2003

Pundits Say Santorum Will Survive - The Advocate, April 29, 2003

St. Joseph’s Affirms Offer to Santorum - Philadelphia Inquirer, April 26, 2003

Residents Back Santorum - Altoona Mirror, April 25, 2003

HRC Takes Issue With President Bush - Human Rights Campaign, April 25, 2003

Log Cabin Republicans Renews Call for Santorum to Retract Harmful Comments - Log Cabin Republicans, April 25, 2003

Standing By Their Man - Eleanor Clift in Newsweek, April 25, 2003

Pundits Predict Santorum Will Survive Flap over Remarks on Gays - Associated Press, April 25, 2003

White House Press Briefing - White House, April 25, 2003

Santorum’s Post Seems Safe for Now - Philadelphia Inquirer, April 25, 2003

Impolitic, Maybe, but in Character - New York Times, April 25, 2003

HRC Takes Issue with President Bush - Human Rights Campaign, April 25, 2003

Senator Catches GOP Flak Over Comments on Gays - Los Angeles Times, April 25, 2003

Bush: Embattled Sen. Santorum Is ‘Inclusive Man’ - Reuters, April 25, 2003

Some Residents Feel Santorum Overstepped Bounds with Comments - The Herald-Mail, April 25, 2003

White House Stands by Santorum - The Advocate, April 25, 2003

Santorum Rebuke Shows Cultural Shift - The Data Lounge, April 25, 2003

Bush Comes to Santorum’s Aid as Two More Senators Desert Him - 365Gay.com, April 25, 2003

Polygamist Upset by Santorum - The Advocate, April 25, 2003

Gay Constituent Confronts Santorum - The Advocate, April 25, 2003

GOP Officials Support Santorum - The Patriot-News, April 24, 2003

Gays Stage Protest as Cracks Appear in Santorum Support - 365Gay.com, April 24, 2003

LGBT Caucus Calls for Sanctions of Santorum - The California Legislative LGBT Caucus, April 24, 2003

Gay Rights Issues Scuttle GOP Efforts at Unity - USA Today, April 24, 2003

Santorum Vies to Succeed Helms as Most Homophobic Senator - Bay Area Reporter, April 24, 2003

Two Republicans Criticize Santorum for Remarks about Gays - CNN, April 24, 2003

Furor Fails to Faze Santorum - Philadelphia Daily News, April 24, 2003

Santorum’s Remarks Could Have Political Consequences - The Express-Times, April 24, 2003

Frist and Specter Defend Santorum - Washington Post, April 24, 2003

Santorum Defends Homosexuality Remarks - Philadelphia Inquirer, April 24, 2003

A Republican Group Demands That Senator Apologize to Gays - New York Times, April 24, 2003

Utah Sect Leader Criticizes Santorum - Associated Press, April 24, 2003

GOP Leaders Shrug Off Senator’s Remarks on Gay Sex - Los Angeles Times, April 24, 2003

Chafee Chides Santorum for Gay Remarks - Associated Press, April 24, 2003

300 Protest Santorum; GOP Critics Emerge - Gay.com, April 24, 2003

Norton Criticizes Anti-Gay Remarks by Republican Leader - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, April 24, 2003

Rhode Island Delegation Critical of Santorum - The Providence Journal, April 24, 2003

Critics Blast Santorum for Gay Remarks - Erie Times News, April 23, 2003

White House Press Briefing - White House, April 23, 2003

HRC Calls on Senate GOP Caucus to Reconsider Santorum’s Position - Human Rights Campaign, April 23, 2003

LLEGÓ Seeks Removal of Santorum From Senate Leadership Position - The National Latina/o Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Organization, April 23, 2003

Mayor Street Reacts to Santorum Comments - KYW-TV (Philadelphia), April 23, 2003

Dean Calls for Santorum to Resign Post - Associated Press, April 23, 2003

Howard Dean Calls Sen. Santorum’s Remarks Immoral - Dean for America, April 23, 2003

Santorum’s Stumble - Washington Post, April 23, 2003

No Apology Expected from Santorum - The Advocate, April 24, 2003

‘Anti-Gay’ Senator Condemned - BBC News, April 23, 2003

Democrats Join Calls Denouncing Santorum - The Data Lounge, April 23, 2003

Bush Silence Opens Political Opportunity - The Data Lounge, April 23, 2003

Santorum’s Anti-Gay Remarks Fit Pattern of Discrimination - People For the American Way, April 23, 2003

Santorum Refuses to Apologize to Gay Constituent - 365Gay.com, April 23, 2003

HRC Calls on Senate GOP Caucus to Reconsider Santorum’s Position - Human Rights Campaign, April 23, 2003

Santorum Defends Comments on Homosexuality - CNN, April 23, 2003

Gay Uproar May Not Hurt Senator - San Francisco Chronicle, April 23, 2003

Santorum Seeks to Clarify Remarks on Gays - Associated Press, April 23, 2003

GOP Suffers Santorum Laryngitis - 365Gay.com, April 23, 2003

Democrats Criticize Santorum - The Advocate, April 23, 2003

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Slams Santorum’s “Gutter Language” Comparing Homosexuality to Pedophilia, Bestiality - NGLTF, April 23, 2003

GLMA Joins LGBT Civil Rights Groups in Condemning Homophobic Remarks by Santorum - Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, April 22, 2003

Persistent Conflict for Gays and G.O.P. - New York Times, April 22, 2003

Statement by Howard Dean on Senator Santorum’s Offensive Remarks - Dean for America, April 22, 2003

National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Denounces Santorum Comments; Joins Call for His Ouster - NGLCC, April 22, 2003

Santorum Statements Not Compassionate or Conservative - Log Cabin Republicans, April 22, 2003

Sen. Santorum Defends Remarks in Gay Court Case - Reuters, April 22, 2003

Santorum Angers Gay Rights Groups - Washington Post, April 22, 2003

Santorum Rankles Gay-Rights Groups - Philadelphia Inquirer, April 22, 2003

Dems Call for Santorum to Resign Post - Associated Press, April 22, 2003

Senator Rick Santorum on the Hot Seat from a Statement Made to the Associated Press - National Public Radio, April 22, 2003

Santorum Compares Homosexuality to Incest, Polygamy - The Advocate, April 22, 2003

Anti-Gay Remark Trips GOP Leader - The Data Lounge, April 21, 2003

National And Pennsylvanian GLBT Civil Rights Groups Outraged at Sen. Rick Santorum’s Deeply Discriminatory Remarks - Human Rights Campaign, April 21, 2003

Log Cabin Republicans Denounce Santorum Statements - Log Cabin Republicans, April 21, 2003

Santorum New Jesse Helms - 365Gay.com, April 21, 2003

Gay Groups Urge GOP to Remove Santorum - Associated Press, April 21, 2003

Senator Links Gay Sex with Bigamy, Incest - Gay.com, April 21, 2003

Hatch: ‘I’m Not Here to Justify Polygamy’ - The Salt Lake Tribune, April 19, 2003

Editorials

Scalia and Santorum Were Right - Family Research Council, December 5, 2003

Muddled Court Decision Undermines Marriage - Ken Connor for the Family Research Council, June 26, 2003

What’s Rationale for Outlawing Gay Sex? - The Repository, May 15, 2003

Matalin and Carville Exchange Barbs on Santorum - NBC News, May 11, 2003

Santorum on Sex: Where the Slippery Slope Leads - Stuart Taylor Jr. in The Atlantic, May 6, 2003

Let’s Pretend - Barney Frank, May 6, 2003

Santorum Skirting His Own Bigotry - Ann Korsak in a letter to the York Daily Record, May 6, 2003

Equal Protection and Fine Distinctions - Two letters from Art Thompson and Irving Bennett in the Denver Post, May 5, 2003

Dog Bites Man - Hendrik Hertzberg in The New Yorker, May 5, 2005

Rally Round Intolerance - New York Times, May 4, 2003

GOP Stands by a Bigoted Senator - Marianne Means in the Omaha World-Herald, May 3, 2003

Sen. Santorum’s Remarks Reflect a Legitimate and Moral Concern - Cal Thomas in the Omaha World-Herald, May 3, 2003

Hillary’s Stony Silence - Paul Schindler in the Gay City News, May 2-8, 2003

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness - Mary T. Shaw in a letter to Daily Local News, May 2, 2003

Senator Has a Tough Row - Dan DeLuca in the Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2, 2003

Santorum’s Passions - Boston Globe, May 2, 2003

Bias Masked as ‘Inclusion’ - Scot Lehigh in the Boston Globe, May 2, 2003

Meet the Mullah Omar of Pennsylvania - Jeffrey St. Clair in Counter Punch, May 1, 2003

Santorum Should Focus on Divorce - Donald Orlando in Spokane Spokesman-Review, May 1, 2003

GOP Should Cut Santorum Loose - Patrick Glaviano in the Las Vegas Sun, May 1, 2003

Sodomy for Some - Richard Kim in The Nation, May 1, 2003

Old Argument but with a New Target - Jonathan Zimmerman in the Philadelphia Inquirer, May 1, 2003

‘Gay Case’ Should Worry Straights Too - Norah Vincent in the Los Angeles Times, May 1, 2003

The Libertarian Question - Stanley Kurtz in the National Review, April 30, 2003

Supersizing Santorum’s Bigotry - Bill Berkowitz for WorkingForChange, April 30, 2003

Santorum’s Slip - Michelango Signorile in the New York Press, April 29, 2003

Santorum Makes a Valid Point on Sex - Mitchell Sommers in the Philadelphia Inquirer, April 28, 2003

Government Not Welcome in Bedroom - Jay Bookman in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 28, 2003

GOP Antigay Poison - Berkshire Eagle, April 28, 2003

Sen. Santorum Slammed - Michael Kenton Mahler, Erie Gay News, in a letter to the Erie Times News, April 27, 2003

Senatorial Speech - Waterbury Republican-American, April 27, 2003

Resign, Santorum! - Bryan Macedo in the Providence Journal, April 27, 2003

‘Homosexual Acts’ - Jeffrey M. Glover in the San Francisco Chronicle, April 26, 2003

On Tolerance and Privacy - Chicago Tribune, April 26, 2003

Santorum’s View of Sodomy Case - Letters in the Los Angeles Times, April 26, 2003

Santorum’s Rationale - Linda Chavez in the Washington Times (Unification Church), April 25, 2003

Rick Will Survive This - Jon Delano in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 25, 2003

Bible, Constitution Support Santorum - Marvin Olasky in the Spokane Spokesman-Review, April 25, 2003

Seven Santorum Letters - The Morning Call, April 25, 2003

The Case of Santorum v. Ten State Supreme Courts - Barney Frank, April 25, 2003

Senator Has Right to Say How He Feels About Gays - James S. Coates, letter in the Tacoma News Tribune, April 25, 2003

Santorum’s Big Mouth - Michael Kirkland in the United Press International (Unification Church), April 25, 2003

Question for Santorum - Andrew Sullivan in the Washington Times (Unification Church), April 25, 2003

Santorum and Tolerance - Wall Street Journal, April 25, 2003

Sex Tips From Rick Santorum - Mark Morford in the San Francisco Chronicle, April 25, 2003

G.O.P. Hypocrisy - Dan Savage in the New York Times, April 25, 2003

Santorum’s Stance on Gays Is Well Grounded - Earl H. Tilford in the Providence Journal, April 25, 2003

Bigotry, Lies and the GOP - John Nichols in The Nation, April 24, 2003

A ‘Voice for Inclusion’ - Richard Cohen in the Washington Post, April 24, 2003

Adultery, Incest, Whatever - Washington Post, April 24, 2003

Santorum Distorts Constitution - David Lampo, Vice president, Log Cabin Republican Club of Virginia, in the Washington Times (Unification Church), April 24, 2003

An F in Logic - Philadelphia Inquirer, April 24, 2003

No Compassion with Santorum in Leadership - Michelangelo Signorile in Newsday, April 24, 2003

Santorum Must Explain Remarks - Erie Times News, April 23, 2003

Sex, Sense, Silliness and Santorum - Eric Campbell in The Phoenix, April 23, 2003

The Right to Be Let Be - Baltimore Sun, April 23, 2003

Private Parts - Ronald Bailey in Reason Online, April 23, 2003

Santorum’s Rant - Stanley F. Kern, Daly City in the San Francisco Chronicle, April 23, 2003

Santorum’s Insensitive Words Indicate the Heart of the Issue - Nathaniel Frank in the Philadelphia Inquirer, April 23, 2003

Hate Crime [or Just a hate email in the name of Jesus] - David Kent Wallace DWallace8@houston.rr.com, April 23, 2003

Fred Phelps thanks Rick Santorum - April 22, 2003

Senator Santorum Sounds Off - New York Times, April 22, 2003

The Republican Rag - Lewis Whittington on Advocate.com, posted April 22, 2003

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