Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum Q&A at the HUB-Robeson Center

A few excerpts from Penn State Alumnus and Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum's question and answer session with students at the HUB-Robeson Center on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011.

Index of Questions:

00:18 - Do you believe that you are a viable presidential candidate, and at what point would you consider dropping out of the race?

02:11 - Why don't you find protection for gay marriage in the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause of the 14th and 15th Amendments?

06:36 - How would you respond to those who say that your belief system is "archaic" and "out-of-date"?

11:53 - If you are elected president, to what extent will you reflect your beliefs on American society?

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[macrent2]

This guy is full of shit!

[Anonymousmoiselle]

Mr. Rick Santorum needs to take an anthropology 101 class... or atleast sit in at one during the history of marriage section. Same sex marriage has been around since ancient times, in several different cultures (and so those who say being gay is "unnatural" look at every species on earth, being gay isn't limited to the human race.) The fundy canidates this year make me fear for the future of our country.

[BlitzinLB27]

Like Penn State really needs another blackeye on their face, thanks Rick! Way to go Bro

[bambootoona]

oh the reason we're out of time is because i get to go show my shiny santorum face on tv. thanks everybody. you guys were great. im a CANDIDATE... clap me out of the room. let's all just pretend that i was not just ramming my orthodox, biased, heavily opinionated, bullshit unsuccessfully down all your throats for the past 7 minutes... okay backpedal backpedal.... bye!

[bambootoona]

10:00 - 11:50

not evidence?

not proof?

the APA is an opinion driven group?

Ehhem... empirical studies... scientific method... statistics, logical syntactical evidence proven hypothesis, lack of confounding errors/bias... WAIT! there it is... BIAS! and CONFOUNDING ERROR! do any of these terms make sense to Santorum or is he too biased and full of confounding metaphors about napkins, religion, and projectors?

[Megaritz]

There isn't a speck of evidence that Adam and Eve were real people. Even moderate Christians have largely given up on those two. They certainly aren't a legitimate argument against same-sex marriage.

Most nonbelievers and religious moderates don't seem to even realize that we're all on the same side, opposed to fundamentalist theocrats like Santorum. The fundamentalists are the only outliers whose ideas depend on their religious beliefs. Not the atheists, not the religious moderates.

[Megaritz]

Religious *fundamentalists* are the ONLY ones trying to make laws whose justifications are dependent on their beliefs being true. Religious moderates and atheists are on the same side. There isn't really a religion vs. irreligion culture war going on for control of our nation. It's religious fundamentalists vs. everybody else! Santorum and company are the ONLY ones who propose laws that can only be justified by their religion--and a particularly unethical and poorly-evidenced version of it, too.

[Megaritz]

We shouldn't put up with such blatant use of fallacies by a Presidential candidate. Arguing that marriage should only be for heterosexual couples because that's how it's always been is an appeal to tradition. Saying Christianity has been around for 2,000 years is also an appeal to tradition. It's irrelevant. He also tries to shift the burden of proof onto the non-Christian, without first providing evidence *for* Christianity (least of all his personal far-right version of it) in the first place.

[Valquill]

@macrent2 This guy is full of Santorum!*

[Jargonwhat]

I literally want to punch this guy in the face and/or balls

[undrgrnd1984]

santorum was named one of the three corrupt senators in 06'

[MrTophman89]

you are a bigot because you believe what the bible teaches.