"In an escalation of the sometimes fiery language that he has used throughout the race, Mr. Santorum declared that colleges were no longer a “neutral setting” for people of faith and described how he had become sickened after reading John F. Kennedy’s 1960 speech calling for the rigid separation of religion and politics"
“What kind of country do we live in that says only people of nonfaith can come into the public square and make their case?” Mr. Santorum said on the ABC News program “This Week.”
“That makes me throw up,” he said, adding later, “I don’t believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute.”
i could say that this is not a "feel-good" read; but
it's not that simple, and this is what makes this such a satisfying read.
its the sort of story that once you get past the feeling of how much life sucks, you spend the next several days awed by what a helluva blowjob life can be. pardon the salt. its that good.
St. Longinus is the centurion who pierced the side of Our Lord while He was hanging on the Cross. St. Longinus, who was nearly blind, was healed when some of the blood and water from Jesus fell into his eyes. It was then he exclaimed "Indeed, this was the Son of God!" [Mark 15:39]. St. Longinus then converted, Left the army, took instruction from theapostles and became a monk in Cappadocia. There he was arrested for his faith, his teeth forced out and tongue cut off. However, St. Longinus miraculously continued to speak clearly and managed to destroy several idols in the presence of the governor. The governor, who was made blind by the demons that came from the idols, had his sight restored when St. Longinus was being beheaded, because his blood came in contact with the governors' eyes. St. Longinus' relics are now in the church of St Augustine, in Rome. His Lance is contained in one of the four pillars over the altar in the Basilica of St Peter's in Rome.
"For Barack Obama in 2008, it was the long-and-winding story of how he came to meet Edith Childs, the little old lady from Greenwood, S.C., who coined the “Fired up! Ready to go!” chant.
For Mitt Romney, it’s the childhood tale of how his parents packed the family into a Ramblerstation wagon and drove from state to state, visiting national parks.
And for former senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), the yarn involves a famous Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher, a little old lady —and a dog that had an accident on Santorum’s lap" . . .