There are two statements that bother me most about Senator Rick Santorum's shooting off of mouth: "It all comes from, I would argue, this right to privacy that doesn't exist in my opinion in the United States Constitution" So Sen Santorum does not believe that the people of the United States have a right to privacy, mostly because a right to privacy means that people could commit acts that are contrary to his personal beliefs. But lack of a right to privacy goes a lot further than that, and it bothers me that someone who should be fairly schooled-up on what goes into laws and such could seriously argue that we don't have any right to privacy. I would think that what goes on between myself and my husband is completely private, but Santorum seems to think it's the government's right to send somebody in to check and make sure we are doing it right. That's frightening.
The second isn't as quotable, but it argues that laws should be set by the people, and even if the laws aren't constitutional: "I don't agree with the Supreme Court coming in." So the people should have no recourse if a law is bad? Is that what he's saying, or is there something else going on here?
Both statements bother me, and the lack of condemnation from the Republican party also bothers me. Do Rebublicans agree with Santorum, that we don't have any right to privacy and that the Supreme Court shouldn't be able to overturn laws? Wow. Suddenly I feel a chill wind blowing from somewhere.
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