Santorum controversy

The Santorum controversy arose over U.S. Senator Rick Santorum's statements about homosexuality and the "right to privacy" in April 2003. In an interview with the Associated Press (AP) taped on April 7, 2003 and published April 20, 2003, Santorum stated that he believed consenting adults do not have a Constitutional right to privacy with respect to sexual acts. Santorum described the ability to regulate homosexual acts as comparable to the states' ability to regulate other sexual behaviors, such as adultery, polygamy, child molestation, incest, sodomy, and zoophilia, whose legalization would threaten society and the family, as they are not monogamous and heterosexual.

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U.S. Senator - Rick Santorum - Homosexuality - Right to privacy - Associated Press - April 7 - 2003 - April 20 - Constitution - Sexual acts - Sexual behavior - Adultery - Polygamy - Child molestation - Incest - Sodomy - Zoophilia - Monogamous - Heterosexual

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Predictably, the brunt of the disagreements were split along liberal/conservative lines. Many Democratic politicians, gay rights advocates, and progressive commentators condemned the statements, while many Republican politicians, religious conservatives, and conservative commentators supported Santorum and called the condemnations unfair.

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Liberal - Conservative - Democratic - Gay rights - Republican

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