Rick Santorum is not a bigot because of his views on The Gays. I mean, he got all huffy when Piers Morgan suggested he was a bigot, so he can't be a bigot, right?
But, um, Ricky, who thinks The Gays don't deserve "special rights" and we certainly don't deserve "equal rights", announced last week, while speaking at his alma mater, Pennsylvania State University, that the American Psychological Association’s support for marriage equality and same-sex families is immaterial.
Okay. But then he suggested the APA is made up only of people who support what the APA believes, and that the organization’s statements are “not evidence of benefit to society.”
Not so fast, frothy, said APA spokeswoman Kim Mills--though, to be fair, she didn't call him Frothy. She said:
"The American Psychological Association's position in support of same-sex marriage is based on a body of empirical research concerning sexual orientation and marriage. APA believes that it is unfair and discriminatory to deny same-sex couples legal access to civil marriage and all its attendant benefits, rights and privileges....Indeed, the various resolutions and amicus briefs APA has issued on behalf of marriage equality, same-sex couples, and their children cite multitudes of studies that inform their conclusions. It is unknown whether the former senator read any of APA’s publications or the decades of research that inform them before dismissing its 154,000 members for having a 'point of view'.”source
