Look, Pod, I'm sure he's right about one or two things. He probably opposes murder. It's unlikely he'd support genocide, say. But his main political positions are wrong, so far as we're concerned. We're pro-choice, with good reason. He wants to go back to the days of back-alley abortions. And that's not an exaggeration for humor's sake. He actually said that. He opposes access to birth control. That's only a tenable position if you believe human sexuality is something to be ashamed of unless it's for procreation. Even married couples have good reason to want to have access to birth control. He's opposed to gay rights. Gays are people just like the rest of us, and they deserve just as much chance to be happy.
For his religious position... Pod, the vast majority of us started out Christian. Many of us grew up in fundy homes. We didn't just wake up one day and think, "Golly, I sure am tired of being a Christian. I guess I'll try something new." We came to our current conclusions carefully. I know it was frightening for me at times. I experienced a lot of doubt. But over time, I felt I couldn't honestly come to any other conclusion (I'm a deist, by the way). The way you're phrasing it, you make us sound like spoiled children who refuse to give our vegetables a try. Give us more credit than that.
Yes, I've given Santorum's positions a lot of thought, and I am unable to believe in his God. Even if I did, it wouldn't give him, or me, or anyone the right to force others to follow that God. His religious beliefs are not--cannot--of themselves be sufficient reason to allow him to dictate how other people live their lives.
