Former Sen. Rick Santorum, a GOP presidential hopeful, on Wednesday ripped “judicial supremacy” in the first round of the Republican debate on Wednesday night, passionately arguing for the rights of Christians to obey their conscience rather than the law when it comes to issues like “gay marriage.”
Santorum also mourned the loss of Christian faith in America, citing the example of a victim in the Columbine shootings who was remembered as a hero after she reportedly confessed her Christian faith before being killed.
The issue of “same-sex marriage” has been in the news for several weeks as Rowan County, Kentucky, Clerk Kim Davis was ordered jailed by Judge David Bunning after she refused his order to violate her faith and issue “same-sex marriage” licenses.
He later reversed himself and released her even though she still is not issuing those licenses. They are being issued by her deputies who were threatened by Bunning with jail time, too, if they didn’t agreed to his bidding.
In contrast, Gov. George Pataki charged: “There is a place where religion supersedes the rule of law. It’s called Iran.”
Santorum invoked the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his campaign of civil disobedience to suggest it is permissible to break the law in order to defend moral principles.
Pataki’s response?
“Wow.”
Then Pataki argued the highest duty of the commander in chief is to defend the rule of law.
Sen. Lindsey Graham said he disagreed with the Supreme Court’s decision on “gay marriage,” but ultimately accepted it, invoking the 1803 Supreme Court decision in which the justices claimed for their prerogative judicial supremacy.
Meanwhile, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared he would “do what the left does” and appoint judges who can be trusted to defend a particular political point of view after establishing a firm “litmus test” on issues like abortion.
He also expressed concern for the future of religious freedom in the United States, bitterly joking, “I want the Left to give us a list of the jobs Christians aren’t allowed to have.”
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