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Rick Santorum most trusted on gay marriage, Ron Paul ranks last

by OnTopMag.com

Filed under: Lifestyle, National News, Politics

Tue. March 13, 2012 8:01:52 AM : 3 Comments - continue the discussion

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A new poll has Rick Santorum surging past Mitt Romney to rank as the most trusted GOP presidential candidate on gay marriage.

According to the Washington Post/ABC News poll released Monday, 31 percent of Republican-leaning respondents said they trust Santorum the most with social issues such as abortion and gay marriage. Mitt Romney trails with 22 percent, followed by Newt Gingrich (15%) and Ron Paul (13%). Six percent of respondents said they did not trust any of the candidates on social issues.

Santorum's polling numbers on social issues have increased substantially since January, when he received 14 percentage points, to overtake Romney, whose numbers have remained stuck in neutral.

On the campaign trail, Santorum frequently discusses his opposition to marriage equality, comparing it to a paper towel during an Iowa Falls campaign stop, blaming it for the wrecked the economy, and, most recently, suggesting gay marriage supporters don't respect him.

While Romney has said he supports a limited partnership for gay couples which would include "such things as hospital visitation rights and similar things," he also favors an amendment to the U.S. Constitution which would define marriage as a heterosexual union.

Santorum opposes both marriage and civil unions for gay couples.

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Those are the exact reasons I won't vote for ANYONE but Paul! Santorum makes me sick!

Posted by Wwjessedodotblogspot on Tue, 3/13/2012 9:15 AM

Well I think the English have it right. Civil partnerships are not marriages but they confer all the same rights - shared pensions, inheritance, next of kin. Let marriage be a heterosexual union as long as there is the same rights for homosexuals. Why get hung up on a name?

Posted by Art618 on Tue, 3/13/2012 5:18 PM

First of all, you can't trust the Washington Post as far as you can throw them. Second of all, Ron Paul is the ONLY GOP candidate who does NOT support a federal amendment defining marriage as "between a man and a woman." He believes the government should stay out of marriages and allow people to do whatever they want to. So the only reason those polling numbers might reflect the opposite (if they aren't fabricated by the infamous anti-liberty Post) would be because the lamestream corporate media is succeeding in brainwashing people into thinking that Ron Paul is the enemy instead of the ONLY one (in both parties) standing up for individuals instead of the special interests. Corporations want the government to bail them out with your money, and run your lives so that you don't say peep. Ron Paul wants you to have a say over your own life.

Posted by Ruby on Tue, 3/13/2012 10:25 PM

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