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Santorum Blames Church Sex Scandal On Liberalism?

By Montag | Related entries in Religion

Quoted from his Catholic Online article “Fishers of Men.”

“It is startling that those in the media and academia appear most disturbed by this aberrant behavior [the Catholic Church sex scandals], since they have zealously promoted moral relativism by sanctioning “private” moral matters such as alternative lifestyles.. ..it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism in America, lies at the center of the storm.”
–Senator Rick Santorum

To call it “moral relativism” is a fallacy. Smarter people than I have written about it here and here. The rest is just really beyond the pale. Mr. Santorum knows full well where he’s heading with this line of reasoning and he also knows it will only further divide our country.

Let’s just keep Liberty as an American ideal, ‘kay Rick?

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One Response to “Santorum Blames Church Sex Scandal On Liberalism?”

Donklephant » Blog Archive » Guess Who Says:
August 5th, 2005 at 7:36 am
[...] Is this Frist-like political maneuvering ahead of 2008? The quotes are from “possible 2008 presidential contender” Rick Santorum: the same mind that blames Catholic chruch sex abuse scandal on liberalism. (Not that the two ideas are mutually exclusive.) Won’t it be hard for Santorum to move toward the middle — as all the hip Presidential hopefuls seem to be doing — with stuff like the latter out there on the record? [...]

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