Fire and brimstone, good versus evil, right fighting against wrong, God or the Devil. At first one might think we were witnessing a sermon from the Mount, the Pulpit, but instead all we see is a presidential hopeful stand upon his soapbox filled with religion and religious rhetoric. I know God better than you. My interpretation of God’s will is correct because I say so. I base my views on all the information my parents and their parents presented so there is no need to question what I affirm as a message from God. God is on my side because I am the anointed one to fight his battle on Earth. Words and comments we expect to hear as the Priest, Pastor, Rabbi lead a congregation in Mass, a Service, a Ceremony. But instead they are shouted aloud at fund raisers, political rallies, caucuses, by a man who wants to be president representing the United States and its Constitution that insists on separation of Church and State...This you Mr. Santorum.
You raise your voice against the intrusion of Government in helping the unemployed, creating jobs, setting fair standards for taxation, demanding that BIG Government is the ruse of the Devil, the folly of the atheist, the ploy of the anarchist. You tremble and shake reminding us that BIG Government is the guise of those who want to create their own kind of theology, one without the rules and regulations that your Bible states as necessary for humankind. You point your finger, purse your lips saying that pre natal exams are in place so the government can convince you to abort. You find folly in public education stating that each family knows what is best for their children, so that teaching hate and bigotry is alright if those are that family’s standards. You consider women to be a rung below men, Gays and abomination, Blacks unable to think for themselves. You want to be president of the United States but you don’t want all of the citizens of this great nation to have equal right...This is you Mr. Santorum.
You find rape a gift, you insist that God has a plan and we as his children must accept God’s will and that life is precious. Yet once the gift from God is born, you seem to think that spending money on its health care, its education, its environment, its quality of life is not your responsibility or that of any government. You want to enter the bedrooms of Americans, enter the exam rooms as women seek reproductive care, decide who should be a parent and who should be denied that opportunity. You want BIG government intrusion on the intimate portions of American lives, but when it comes to how we thrive you could care less...This is you Mr. Santorum.
You scare me Mr. Santorum, you scare me because I can’t find an ounce of humanity, soul or conscience in the whole of you. You scare me Mr. Santorum because as you run for the highest office in this nation I find no smattering of patriotism, understanding of our Constitution or honorable intention in the whole of you. You scare me Mr. Santorum because just as the bigoted pastors of the South used Gods name to stop integration, the biased preachers of the 700 Club use Gods words to incite violence against Gays, the priest and bishops of the Catholic Church use Gods writings to reclaim women’s rights, you use God’s name to discriminate, divide and demean....This is you Mr. Santorum.
The greatness of this nation is that anyone can run for president. The weakness is that after 235 years someone like you IS running for president. The beauty of this nation has been the encouragement that ALL of us have potential to be great citizens. The ugly is that someone like you believes only some of us can achieve and not all citizens are equal. The wonder of this nation has been freedom. I wonder if you become president, Mr. Santorum, about the ruin and rot your wrath of hate will bring to all of us.
It is President’s Day 2012 Mr. Santorum and even our worst of presidents must be turning over in their graves when they witness your run for this great office. How sad.
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