Santorum's Statement
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This will he thinks win him votes. But one does not vote in front of your wife. This bastard is coming after your Porn! As we already know Conservatives view more Porn So I'm going to predict right now that Santorum lost any long-shot chance he had of winning the election or the nomination.Raw Story wrote:Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says that “America is suffering a pandemic of harm from pornography” because the Obama administration favors “pornographers over children.”
In an undated statement on his official website, the former Pennsylvania senator promises that he will “vigorously” fight to make sure porn isn’t easily available in the U.S.
“Pornography is toxic to marriages and relationships,” the statement says. “It contributes to misogyny and violence against women. It is a contributing factor to prostitution and sex trafficking.”
“Current federal ‘obscenity’ laws prohibit distribution of hardcore (obscene) pornography on the Internet, on cable/satellite TV, on hotel/motel TV, in retail shops and through the mail or by common carrier,” the statement continues, adding that these laws should be “vigorously enforced.”
“If elected President, I will appoint an Attorney General who will do so,” Santorum has said.
The statement goes on to claim that the Obama administration has “refused to enforce obscenity laws.”
“While the Obama Department of Justice seems to favor pornographers over children and families, that will change under a Santorum Administration,” the statement declares.
The Chicago Tribune‘s Steve Chapman noted that Santorum was wrong to link pornography to violence against women because since 1991, the prevalence of rape has dropped 86 percent, while obscene material has become more available than ever on the Internet.
In a 2006 study (PDF), Clemson University economist Todd Kendall found that “the arrival of the internet was associated with a reduction in rape incidence.”
“[T]he results suggest that, in contrast to previous theories to the contrary, liberalization of pornography access may lead to declines in sexual victimization of women,” Kendall wrote.
Chapman argued that Santorum might have a case if he tried to link pornography to premarital sex or increased use of contraception.
“Santorum, however, is one of those people who just knows pornography has bad effects, because he finds it morally offensive,” Chapman concluded. “But when reality contradicts your ideology and religious assumptions, it’s wise to reconsider them.”
I'm guessing he's thinking no one will dare speak against him but if Romney had any balls or rather his advisors had any sense he'd make a talking point out of this. Something like "In this economic climate in this uncertain times we have Rick out there campaign against Pornography. If if you agree with him, priorities, do you really want to get to porn first before Iran and the economy?"
