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| '''Santorum''' was coined in a ] sex-issue column, which appeared in the Vol. 12 No. 39 (June 12, 2003) as: "that frothy mixture of ] and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of ]." It is named after ], as a response to his views, which some see as being excessively ]. | '''Santorum''' was pejoratively "coined" in a ] sex-issue column, which appeared in the Vol. 12 No. 39 (June 12, 2003) as: "that frothy mixture of ] and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of ]." It is named after ], as a response to his views, which some see as being excessively ]. | ||
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Rick Santorum (Richard John Santorum, born May 10, 1958) is a Republican U.S. Senator representing Pennsylvania. Among other responsibilities, he is the chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, the number three job in the party's leadership.
Santorum is the author of the failed Santorum Amendment which relates to the teaching of evolution in U.S. public schools.
In an interview with the Associated Press published April 20, 2003, Santorum made controversial comments regarding the then-upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas, which challenged a Texas sodomy law. "If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual sex within your home," Santorum said, "then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything."
The following day, Democrats as well as gay rights groups demanded an apology. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) called on Santorum to step down as chairman of the Senate Republican Conference. Santorum refused to apologize, stating that his comments were not intended to equate homosexuality with incest and adultery, but rather as a critique of a specific legal position: that the right to privacy prevents the government from regulating consensual acts among adults. Something close to this position was in fact later adopted by the Supreme Court in the Lawrence decision.
"Santorum"
Santorum was pejoratively "coined" in a Savage Love sex-issue column, which appeared in the Vol. 12 No. 39 (June 12, 2003) as: "that frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex." It is named after Rick Santorum, as a response to his views, which some see as being excessively conservative.
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