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At a campaign event at a bowling alley in Wisconsin on Wednesday, GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum told a boy who reached for a pink bowling ball, “You’re not gonna use the pink ball. We’re not gonna let you do that. Not on camera.”
Rick Santorum
Santorum added that, “Friends don’t let friends use pink balls.”
Santorum’s comments, which were tweeted by Reuters reporter Sam Youngman, quickly drew sharp criticism from the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve LGBT equality.
“This is another example of Rick Santorum intentionally making ignorant statements that have a real impact on LGBT people,” said HRC Vice President of Communications Fred Sainz.
“Whether he’s comparing our marriages to inanimate objects, saying our children would be better off with a parent in prison as opposed to two loving same-sex parents, or calling open military service a ‘tragic social experiment;’ he’s proven that he thinks LGBT people are second-class citizens not worthy of dignity or respect.
“In this case, he’s advancing tired gender norms by implying a boy should be ashamed or embarrassed to use a certain color bowling ball.”
Santorum’s anti-LGBT record speaks for itself, reported HRC’s Dan Rafter: in addition to his frequent and vitriolic remarks about issues like marriage equality or LGBT families, he consistently voted against workplace protections while serving in the U.S. Senate, and was an early and vocal supporter of the Defense of Marriage Act.
“Kids have enough to worry about,” added Sainz. “They don’t need Rick Santorum telling them that using a pink bowling ball is a bad thing.”
The incident occurs the day after HRC released previously confidential documents outlining NOM’s strategy to use race baiting and scare tactics as a means of attacking issues of LGBT equality.
The documents revealed a direct link between Santorum and NOM – he agreed to help the anti-LGBT organization engage activists and fundraiser for their anti-marriage causes. Maggie Gallagher has endorsed Romney for president.
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And to Santorum Bite me bitch.
friends don’t let friends vote for pig bigot jerks
What a wank!
I didn’t think they got to choose what color they were….
It’s like he’s becoming a parody of himself.
since when does Santorum know anything about balls? he has none.
What a stupid jackass. Anyone who supports this man has to be a homophobe.
pink is just a color…its the color used to spread the word for breast cancer awareness…i can’t believe this man is afraid of a little color.
-dies- This is his best mistep yet. Douche
what a jackass
Rick Santorum,, another open mouth insert foot idiot lol,,
pink balls? Man, he’s really obsessed isn’t he? I bet he would love to play with them balls.
… like really? Did he ACTUALLY say that?
Keep up the good work Rick, you will never be man enough to be the President!
has anyone given that idiot Santorum a mental competency test, im sure he needs one…
ok really? please don’t tell me u think if a lil boy uses a pink bowling ball he is going to turn gay? what a moron!
The man is sick.
Scary people look up to him! Maybe he and Sarah Palin should hook up! Be some interesting off-spring.
What a flaming asshole…. The good news, good people, is that soon he’ll be peddling himself on the Teabag tour….
Sounds like something a closet pedophile would say.
what an ass…
I wonder if the boy’s parents were around when this happened. I would hope they’d tell him to go to the hell he’s so fond of condemning others to. This is a free country and if a boy wants to bowl with a pink ball, so f88king be it!
Go to hell santorum, ugh!
Jackass!
Just gets crazier every day!
what a total ass!!!!
wow….just when you think he can’t get any crazier….
he should have replied, friends dont let friends vote santorum
REALLY? Can he get anymore ignorant than I thought? Rick, you sank to an even lower low…its a kid and its a fu*&%ng bowling ball! As long as it was a good weight for him! Maybe just maybe your a fkn CLOSET CASE that really wants to play with some big balls? Well guess what I got one big pair for you and I hope you get choked the FUCK out!!! See you made me cuss on FB you closet queer!
I so wish this shocked me
Who gives a flying fuck what this asshole says. He is a homophobic, sexist, asswipe piece of donkey dung.
JESUS CHRISTOPHER IT IS A COLOR. And one that represents BREAST CANCER AWARENESS. Good GOD.
Thats because he has a vagina.
I guess the NFL is gay too since they wear pink in support of breast cancer!!! I can’t even get furious at this idiot anymore because he is so ignorant that it’s amusing!!
Really I bet his balls are blue every night or perhaps he hides his pink ones–either way he is a sick twisted person! He is destroying out children not us!
Typical politician!!!
What an idiot!
Friends don’t let friends vote for a theocratic freak.
Can he get any stupider?
I know for a fact that REAL men who are REAL cowboys, some of whom are not gay, who buy Wrangler brand Pink Western shirts at Tulsa’s Drysdale’s Western Wear store. And the straight cowboys had their wives with them in the store while the guys picked out the pink shirts.
death to that BASTARD!!!!
Omg………how can one person be so stupid?!
Oh no!!! A PINK ball!!! PINK!!! So now ceratin colours are not allowed? Who said Pink is for girls & blue for boys? Who? Colour is irrelevant… Its beyond crazy that anyone would have a problem with someone liking pink… I feel sorry for anyone who gives this guy any credibility. Let the world be.
Yeah? Well, he doesn’t want to touch your pink balls anyhow.
Homo….phobe
ASS!!!!
what a jerk !
What an idiot! Serious, who CARES what color call the kid wants to bowl with?!
as*h**e
funny in some bowling allies the balls are by color because of weight……..he is a jerk…..
he is an idiot
I think we should all go bowling and use the pink balls!
What an ass.
And some folks actually consider this behavior to be “presidential”? What an embarrassment he must be to honest to God leaders of the republican party. Pure trash.
homophobic douche
The man is so filled with hate. I REALLY hope he doesn’t get the nomination. THAT is a scary thought.
The man thinks WAY too much about what we are doing in our bedrooms. The man makes me sick.
I freaking love my pink ball, I just wish it would be heavier, btw ass hole I’m straight. Does it say anything about who I am? no, I just have a better game with it.
This is fucking retarded.
rick santorum is a crock of sh!t
He is a jerk!
Is this guy for real, or did he escape from a cartoon?