https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to rick santorum en https://religiondispatches.org/2021/04/27/rick-santorum-breezes-past-genocidal-foundation-white-christian-nationalism Andrew Seidel’s piece on RD discusses Rick Santorum’s racially incendiary remarks about Native Americans and the dangers of Christian Nationalism, but I want to take the conversation in a slightly different direction. Speaking at the Young America’s Foundation last week… Tue, 27 Apr 2021 02:18:38 EDT Sophie Bjork-James 363523d0-0cf3-43f5-a538-4c03c496d4f0 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/04/27/claiming-we-birthed-nation-nothing-cnns-rick-santorum-gives-master-class-christian Dear CNN, Many questioned your decision to hire Rick Santorum as a senior political commentator back in January 2017. Not because he’s a conservative—diversity of opinion can be valuable—but because he’s a bigot. His bigotry toward LGBTQ people was already… Tue, 27 Apr 2021 11:19:26 EDT Andrew L. Seidel 1c442f39-19ee-4368-ac48-ea237b5a8c78 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/12/16/party-religious-liberty-botches-debate-religion-and-constitution Remember when the presidential election, or the Republican primary, at least, was going to be about religious liberty? About how Obergefell v. Hodges eviscerated the religious freedom of “Bible-believing Christians,” who would need the big, bad overreaching government’s protection from… Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:50:04 EST Sarah Posner 92c5004d-85c3-4b4a-b968-c718c0e1f71e https://religiondispatches.org/2015/03/09/evangelicals-looking-walker-do-nothing-2016-election When speaking to religious audiences, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker likes to remind people that he goes to church and knows his Bible. These reminders frequently come as Walker seeks to distinguish himself from political opponents in Wisconsin—the ones, he claims… Mon, 09 Mar 2015 03:33:26 EDT Sarah Posner 6e34d549-07bf-4cec-8e9e-ecaab7e8e33e https://religiondispatches.org/2015/01/21/santorum-and-huckabee-question-authority One hears a great deal about conservative Christians — especially the ones running for the highest office in the land — respecting moral, spiritual, and legal authority. The Bible is inerrant, the Constitution is divinely inspired, America’s downfall is due… Wed, 21 Jan 2015 03:06:51 EST Sarah Posner 28eabe40-cece-4e95-872d-653aaad7961d https://religiondispatches.org/2013/01/14/new-disciples-report-south-carolina Across South Carolina—and indeed the country—voters attend tiny churches, Bible studies, and prayer meetings. Their collective views on the candidates are much more difficult to measure and assess. And while they may be consumers of Christian talk radio, or televangelism, or other religious media, they are not lock-step followers of the decisions of elites who met at a ranch in Texas, or of Jim Bob Duggar, or of anything but their own received revelation. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:11:31 EST Sarah Posner 1077c48b-0a06-424d-83a6-95cf633a4e6f https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/09/iowans-life-denies-being-behind-anti-gingrich-flyers Flyers describe Gingrich as “pro-life fraud.” Thu, 09 Aug 2012 01:46:20 EDT Sarah Posner cb5bc956-c666-4045-9518-939017dddafd https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/why-rick-santorum-cant-just-say-god-doesnt-want-you-be-gay It’s been widely observed that religious foes of LGBT equality frequently make arguments of convenience. These arguments are usually guised in the language of rhetorics other than that of religion. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:21:32 EDT Jay Michaelson 9ad5f51c-5778-4190-b93c-2365528ea00b https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/sacrifice-suffering-and-rick-santorum Of course, in today’s pussy-footing, self-censoring public talk about religion, we never ask how Isabella feels about being the occasion for edifying “sacrifice” by the Santorums? It is fine for Rick Santorum to tell us how such sacrifice has deepened his faith, strengthened the bonds uniting their family, and so on. Good for him. Moreover, Santorum would want no pity from me. He identifies with the uplifting narrative of sacrificing for the sake of others, protecting the weak, championing “life,” building character by overcoming adversity, seeing blessing where others see only curses, and so on. But I find all this attention to the suffering and sacrifice of Rick Santorum more than a little self-centered—a kind of spiritual egoism. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:16:50 EDT Ivan Strenski a2506da9-7c05-455f-8da2-1a9a6ba58529 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/romney-wins-iowa-8-votes But lacks the religious fervor to connect with 75% of GOP. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:57:20 EDT Joanna Brooks fa48f86a-6785-4ef4-af88-c77366483f6e https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/rick-santorum-muslim-theologian-and-gop-candidate-would-bomb-iran The resurgent candidate believes it’s no accident that a non-military nuclear facility is located in a holy city. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:52:34 EDT Hussein Rashid 6b8c6a37-dcfc-4614-b8bc-2ab8afefab15 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/rick-santorums-piety-torquemada-was-sense-model-catholic Garry Wills gets our vote for quote of the week. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:11:38 EDT The Editors 4a7b187d-b68a-45a9-a7df-d14817ad2513 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/jesus-and-gop-and-some-whitney A professor, a rabbi and two comedians discuss religion and politics. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:03:59 EDT The Editors 72caa16e-eca1-4f75-aa22-4eea42e940a0 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/romney-shovels-walks-no-avail With doors slamming in the candidate’s face, perhaps it’s time to take a page from Mormon missionaries. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:01:01 EDT Joanna Brooks deb86694-faa6-4b17-84dc-14d1b3f71d76 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/republican-no-schools-left-program The religious right’s goal of dismantling public education. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 06:24:08 EDT Julie Ingersoll 5594e3e7-0ca7-4990-b749-5f6df0f670e5 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/obamas-phony-religion-environmentalism-santorum-explains “Man should be in charge of the earth,” says the candidate. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 06:23:31 EDT Julie Ingersoll 952cf60f-3595-4e00-8a05-e356953f6170 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/santorum-invoked-satan Why are we surprised? Wed, 08 Aug 2012 06:22:48 EDT Joseph Laycock 1edad804-2127-49e5-bcdf-1ea23f8d899f https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/joyless-primaries-grind A big MoPublican Super Tuesday recap. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 06:12:40 EDT Joanna Brooks 0ecfab15-dc37-4d13-b51c-56f82ab7dff6 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/romney-faring-better-evangelicals-or-just-worse-all-others Either way, Mississippi results suggest his favorability gap is closing. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 06:04:22 EDT Joanna Brooks eef53830-4d1e-460a-91bb-66ed27a126b9 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/07/santorums-war-satan-er-higher-education Much of the hullabaloo surrounding Rick Santorum’s comment that President Obama is a “snob” for pushing college is missing the bigger picture: that Santorum is a cosmic conspiracy theorist, and higher education sits at the heart of the imagined conspiracy. Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:07:06 EDT Eric Reitan 3b68cfe2-04d7-4976-8272-299f4cd3d717 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/07/why-taking-offense-santorums-tri-faith-nation-good-sign There was a time when it seemed like progress for Catholics and Jews to be folded into Protestant America and frequently referred to as a single entity. For most, that time has passed. Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:00:17 EDT Rachel Gordan d2baaf3d-79d9-48fc-a6ee-ff30969ac9d1 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/06/18/santorum-election-muslim-brotherhood-candidate-egypt How dare they pick the Muslim version of me? Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:04:08 EDT Haroon Moghul b3b24ad5-20df-4ceb-830d-b081a9d96bdb https://religiondispatches.org/2012/05/11/latest-misogyny-wasnt-first-shocking-comment-hannitys-preacher-pal 7 from the Reverend Lee Peterson collection. Fri, 11 May 2012 05:31:08 EDT Katie Toth d9c4ca7e-9fe9-4536-91fb-5b4ca0da03ff https://religiondispatches.org/2012/04/10/santorum-legacy-fertility-wars As he drops out, he leaves his religious legacy on the race. Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:54:42 EDT Sarah Posner 74973dbd-81ed-4c3d-bb63-729c0e3efed9 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/03/20/santorum-and-new-catholic-evangelical-alliance A political, not theological, co-belligerence. Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:03:24 EDT Sarah Posner 2c432120-7f68-4511-849a-b371d257a990