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'''Rick Santorum''' ('''Richard John Santorum''', born ], ]) is a ] representing ]. Among other responsibilities, he is the chairman of the ], the number three job in the party's leadership. '''Rick Santorum''' ('''Richard John Santorum''', born ], ]) is a ] representing ]. Among other responsibilities, he is the chairman of the ], the number three job in the party's leadership.


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Santorum's statement was later objected to by supporters of both homosexuality and polygamy, who were offended at seeing their activities equated with those they find offensive. The ] (DSCC) called on Santorum on to step down as chairman of the ]. The following day, ] as well as gay rights groups demanded an apology. The ] (DSCC) called on Santorum to step down as chairman of the ].
Santorum refused to apologize, stating that his comments were intended as a critique of a specific legal strategy and not as an effort to equate homosexuality with incest and adultery.

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Rick Santorum (Richard John Santorum, born May 10, 1958) is a 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.

In an interview with the Associated Press published April 20, 2003, Santorum made contraversial comments regarding the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas, which challenges 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 intended as a critique of a specific legal strategy and not as an effort to equate homosexuality with incest and adultery.