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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2015, 06:46 PM Apr 2015

Rick Santorum: Separation Of Church And State A Communist Idea, Not An American One

http://churchandstate.org.uk/2014/12/rick-santorum-separation-of-church-and-state-a-communist-idea-not-an-american-one/

In a conference call with members of right-wing pastor E.W. Jackson’s STAND America that was posted online today, former senator Rick Santorum disputed the existence of the separation of church and state in the U.S. Constitution, dismissing it as a Communist idea that has no place in America.

A listener on the call told Santorum that “a number of the things that the far left, a.k.a. the Democrat (sic) Party, and the president is pushing for and accomplishing actually accomplishes a number of the tenets of ‘The Communist Manifesto,’ including the amnesty, the elevation of pornography, homosexuality, gay marriage, voter fraud, open borders, mass self-importation of illegal immigrants and things of that nature.” The likely presidential candidate replied that “the words ‘separation of church and state’ is not in the U.S. Constitution, but it was in the constitution of the former Soviet Union. That’s where it very, very comfortably sat, not in ours.”

Of course, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, among others, referred to the separation of church and state when explaining the amendment which they drafted....

“When you cavort with Al Sharpton, you certainly aren’t into racial reconciliation, that sort of sums it up right there,” he said. “You surround yourself with folks who are not healers but dividers, this president has been the divider-in-chief on so many fronts. You had hoped, as you mentioned, Bishop (Jackson), you hoped that on this front it was an opportunity for the president to do something transformational, that he could’ve been that figure that could’ve made a real difference in racial reconciliation, could’ve made a real difference just within the black community and he chose to take a different path, he chose to use it as a wedge issue as opposed to an issue that was one that he said he wanted to accomplish when he was going to heal the country. He has done anything but.”


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Rick Santorum: Separation Of Church And State A Communist Idea, Not An American One (Original Post) KamaAina Apr 2015 OP
There aren't words enough to describe hifiguy Apr 2015 #1
Why don't you Google him and find some? KamaAina Apr 2015 #2
So Santorum thinks the Founding Fathers were Commies? meow2u3 Apr 2015 #3
You can't lose what you never had. hifiguy Apr 2015 #5
Maybe not them - Maybe Martin van Buren- LiberalElite Apr 2015 #16
Maybe they were HassleCat Apr 2015 #26
maybe this shitgoblin can point out the word 'bible' as it's found in the Constitution frylock Apr 2015 #4
Not that old trope!! longship Apr 2015 #6
Tell this to Jefferson Gothmog Apr 2015 #7
ahem ... napkinz Apr 2015 #8
The whole idea of the revolution was to get out from under the thumb of the Church of England, and Fred Sanders Apr 2015 #17
The parts where it doesn't fit what they want, and where their followers... JHB Apr 2015 #21
and ... napkinz Apr 2015 #9
Lying should be a crime FiveGoodMen Apr 2015 #10
No. But it should be called out more by the media sakabatou Apr 2015 #36
He ought to take another look at the First Amendment: lovemydog Apr 2015 #11
The chapter on pornography was always my favorite part DefenseLawyer Apr 2015 #12
It's the history of ass struggles. lovemydog Apr 2015 #22
Empty. madamesilverspurs Apr 2015 #13
Are you implying that Santorectum might be a dipstick? KamaAina Apr 2015 #14
The frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex Martin Eden Apr 2015 #15
ooga booga, scary reds are out to get you. PowerToThePeople Apr 2015 #18
ALL the Red Flags! HughBeaumont Apr 2015 #19
Sanitorium Santorum Oilwellian Apr 2015 #20
It's comments like this Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2015 #23
Why does Santorum even have a platform in this country? n/t mrdmk Apr 2015 #24
Good question. He's a shill lobbyist in DC for several years that's all. The people of PA don't appalachiablue Apr 2015 #25
Will this guy ever stop advertising his ignorance? JEB Apr 2015 #27
So Thomas Jefferson wrote Das Kapital? The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2015 #28
Sarah Palin said the Founding Fathers fought against slavery; Michelle Bachman stated that Paul appalachiablue Apr 2015 #35
Did Rick Perry actually say that? Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #40
Bill Maher said this about Perry & the other 2 a few years ago in a televised comedy show. appalachiablue Apr 2015 #41
So... The founding fathers were communists???? Takket Apr 2015 #29
Couldn't see that one coming eh? workinclasszero Apr 2015 #31
Republicans are, idiots, liars and stone cold ignorant on facts that don't fit their hateful ideas workinclasszero Apr 2015 #30
I'll admit I never read "The Communist Manifesto" so I am really surprised to hear of these tenets Coventina Apr 2015 #32
They are all trying to outcrazy each other ... LannyDeVaney Apr 2015 #33
The words no. The meaning YES benld74 Apr 2015 #34
OMG! Washington was a Pinko! Jefferson was a Godless Commie! Franklin was a Red!! Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #37
Someone needs to buy Rick Santorum a clue... yuiyoshida Apr 2015 #38
If Rickey weren't still saying stupid shit like this...... DeSwiss Apr 2015 #42
... Jamaal510 Apr 2015 #39
 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
1. There aren't words enough to describe
Wed Apr 1, 2015, 06:48 PM
Apr 2015

ol' Frothy Mix's deliberate stupidity or astonishing ignorance,

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
16. Maybe not them - Maybe Martin van Buren-
Wed Apr 1, 2015, 08:20 PM
Apr 2015

he was president at the time of communism's first stirrings in 18 fucking 40.

DID ALL THESE "CANDIDATES" FLUNK HISTORY!?!?!?!!!!???!!!?!?!?!

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
17. The whole idea of the revolution was to get out from under the thumb of the Church of England, and
Wed Apr 1, 2015, 08:50 PM
Apr 2015

their Corporate and Bank cohorts....what part of written history do the Fundies think they can twist?

Is it because they get away with twisting their own religion that they think they can twist history itself?

All very delusional and very troubling, but still they are the vast Minority.

JHB

(37,163 posts)
21. The parts where it doesn't fit what they want, and where their followers...
Wed Apr 1, 2015, 09:09 PM
Apr 2015

...reflexively back them and just assume that any fact-checks are just lies by their enemies.

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
10. Lying should be a crime
Wed Apr 1, 2015, 07:13 PM
Apr 2015

A bunch of idiots will believe him.

That would just be tough shit for them...

...except they pick our next crop of lawmakers.

Lying to the public should ALWAYS result in prison time.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
11. He ought to take another look at the First Amendment:
Wed Apr 1, 2015, 07:18 PM
Apr 2015

The First Amendment:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Martin Eden

(12,881 posts)
15. The frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex
Wed Apr 1, 2015, 08:16 PM
Apr 2015

The title of my post is more palatable than Rick SANTORUM.

appalachiablue

(41,182 posts)
25. Good question. He's a shill lobbyist in DC for several years that's all. The people of PA don't
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 11:26 AM
Apr 2015

want him back cuz he ripped off taxpayers there. While living in exurbia NoVA he said his kids were living in PA so he could get free online schooling or something. Rick's a liar, not bright enough to be a charlatan but still hanging around and I don't know why.

 

JEB

(4,748 posts)
27. Will this guy ever stop advertising his ignorance?
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 11:32 AM
Apr 2015

We got that you are a bigoted ignoramus a long time ago. Please go away.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,901 posts)
28. So Thomas Jefferson wrote Das Kapital?
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 11:32 AM
Apr 2015

I didn't know he was fluent in German, but he was a very accomplished guy!

Jefferson was also familiar with (and approved of) the writings of the great French philosopher of the Enlightenment, Denis Diderot, who once wrote: "Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."

appalachiablue

(41,182 posts)
35. Sarah Palin said the Founding Fathers fought against slavery; Michelle Bachman stated that Paul
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 04:20 PM
Apr 2015

Revere rode to warn the British. When asked, Rick Perry said the Declaration of Independence was written in the mid 1500s. So, .....

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
40. Did Rick Perry actually say that?
Fri Apr 3, 2015, 01:14 AM
Apr 2015

Because he was 26 years old when America was celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

appalachiablue

(41,182 posts)
41. Bill Maher said this about Perry & the other 2 a few years ago in a televised comedy show.
Fri Apr 3, 2015, 01:27 AM
Apr 2015

He couldn't get over Perry since the well known musical, '1776' had been around. People are that stupid, as hard as it is to believe. We know an Asian doctor who was teaching a US medical school class and mentioned Winston Churchill. The students said he was an American president, when the doc asked them who he was. Future doctors of America-

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
30. Republicans are, idiots, liars and stone cold ignorant on facts that don't fit their hateful ideas
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 11:38 AM
Apr 2015

When is america going to wake up to the fact that the republican party is trying to impose sharia law on us all? Hopefully Indiana and Arkansas legalizing discrimination against gays will do the trick!

Coventina

(27,215 posts)
32. I'll admit I never read "The Communist Manifesto" so I am really surprised to hear of these tenets
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 11:53 AM
Apr 2015

it includes:

1. the amnesty
2. elevation of pornography (on to hovering billboards?)
3. homosexuality
4. gay marriage
5. voter fraud
6. open borders
7. mass self-importation of illegal immigrants

All this time I thought it was about economics!!

 

LannyDeVaney

(1,033 posts)
33. They are all trying to outcrazy each other ...
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 11:55 AM
Apr 2015

Their "base" isn't enough to win an election, and yet they are swinging HARD to their "base".

Whoever wins the Republican nomination will have ZERO chance in the general - they will have to account for months, if not years, of insane positions.

But, of course, I shiver when I remember this particular nut job carried my state in the '12 primary.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
37. OMG! Washington was a Pinko! Jefferson was a Godless Commie! Franklin was a Red!!
Fri Apr 3, 2015, 12:25 AM
Apr 2015

To put it nicely.

And of course, Santorum accepted the award for Stupidest Man of the Day at this meeting.


 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
42. If Rickey weren't still saying stupid shit like this......
Fri Apr 3, 2015, 02:15 AM
Apr 2015

...he knows (Americans with their short attention spans) would have forgotten all about him by now.

- Relevancy is so haaaarrrddddd.


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