Geburtsdatum | Samstag, 10. Mai 1958 |
Geburtsort | Winchester |
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Beschreibung | Richard John „Rick“ Santorum (* 10. Mai 1958 in Winchester, Virginia) ist ein US-amerikanischer Politiker der Republikanischen Partei, der den Bundesstaat Pennsylvania in beiden Kammern des Kongresses vertrat. 1990 wurde er erstmals in das US-Repräsentantenhaus gewählt, 1994 in den US-Senat. Santorum gehörte im US-Senat zur Führungsriege seiner Partei, scheiterte jedoch 2006 beim Versuch der Wiederwahl deutlich. 2012 trat er in der parteiinternen Vorwahl für die Präsidentschaft an und wurde zum wichtigsten konservativen Gegenspieler des Establishment-Kandidaten Mitt Romney, verlor aber am Ende deutlich gegen diesen. Vier Jahre später trat Santorum wieder in der republikanischen Vorwahl an, blieb aber diesmal Außenseiter und zog sich Anfang Februar 2016 aus dem Rennen zurück. Er vertritt – auch im Vergleich zu anderen Republikanern – sehr konservative und christlich-fundamentalistische Standpunkte, besonders zu gesellschaftspolitischen Themen wie Abtreibung und Homosexualität, was mehrfach zu öffentlichen Kontroversen führte. |
Every society in the history of man has upheld the institution of marriage as a bond between a man and a woman. Why? Because society is based on one thing: that society is based on the future of the society. And that's what? Children. Monogamous relationships.
I'm always told that what I say is controversial. Why is it controversial? Because I speak from a tradition that has now fallen out of favor with the dominant media in this country. And so when I say things like marriage should be between one man and one woman, I'm called a bigot.
Watching President Obama apologize last week for America's arrogance - before a French audience that owes its freedom to the sacrifices of Americans - helped convince me that he has a deep-seated antipathy toward American values and traditions.
Isn't that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?
The government has convinced parents that at some point it's no longer their responsibility. And in fact, they force them, in many respects, to turn their children over to the public education system and wrest control from them and block them out of participation of that. That has to change or education will not improve in this country.
The Obama administration now has regulations that tells them that they can no longer promote marriage to these young girls. They can no longer promote marriage as a way of avoiding poverty and bad choices that they make in their life. They can no longer even teach abstinence education. They have to be neutral with respect to how people behave.
