Rick Santorum Dips Anti-LGBT Toes into 2012 Presidential Campaign

by Michael Jones · 2009-08-11 17:44:00 UTC
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Return of the Rick.  A few weeks ago, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum - a long a culture warrior on the anti-LGBT front - sent a fundraising message on behalf of the National Organization for Marriage, pleading with people to preserve and strengthen the Defense of Marriage Act.  For Santorum, now a political pundit and lawyer, it was a trip back into the right-wing political playbook that made him so famous (or infamous, depending on your perspective) during his career in Congress.

And it looks like Santorum might be looking to scratch the political itch again.  Only this time, he's looking to do it as a potential candidate for President in 2012.  Or so it seems.

As Politico notes, Rick Santorum is going to head on up to Iowa this fall to meet with conservative leaders, and call his Republican brothers and sisters out for not being more anti-LGBT and anti-choice.  For Santorum, he's disgruntled that the GOP isn't sticking hard and fast to the religious right.  And that disgruntlement might be the start of a 2012 campaign.  Per Politico:

“I’m very concerned about the state of affairs in this country and how Republicans are dealing with [issues], so this is an opportunity for me to go out and talk about things I think we need to be doing to turn this country in the right direction."

Huh.  I wonder what the "right direction" for Rick Santorum means.  Because his ardent support for bans on same-sex marriage and his belief that LGBT people are a threat to children seemed to deliver him a whopping 18 point defeat in his last election.  Seems like his platform won't get the GOP very far.

But I have to admit...there's seemingly something funny about the thought of a whole lot of "Santorum" signs plastered around Iowa.  (Link might be NSFW.)

Michael Jones is a Change.org Editor. He has worked in the field of human rights communications for a decade, most recently for Harvard Law School.
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