New York – The former New York City mayor and President Obama endorser lambasted Rick Santorum in an interview on Aaron Klein’s WABC Radio Show.
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“Santorum is nuts,” Koch told Klein. “And I say that in a loving way. He is someone who is of the belief that religious obligations that he has can be imposed on other people. Now I don’t mind his imposing on himself the business of no pre-natal care, no abortion. That’s okay from his point of view. But in my judgement it’s nuts to try to impose that on other people of other religions who don’t agree with you.”
Koh added, “I admire him as someone who is a true believer from his point of view, but when he takes it to the point where he wants to impose it on other people, like eliminate contraception, if that ain’t crazy.
Yet another reason I’m voting Santorum- he’s a threat to the liberal mantality which has taken hold of even conservatives- its seems as though religious people are not allowed to run this country anymore. I don’t think people realize what is happening-if u believe in Gd and are open about it u aren’t qualified- unless u believe in Allah…of course. Open ur eyes- Gd is a threat or shall I say- He’s an extremist(in our peeminded liberal view of who should run a country)
Koch is not listening to Santorum. There is no indication that he has any intention to “impose” anything on anyone. A president is allowed to espouse an ideal. In fact, it’s a good thing.
Its always the right that is crazy. Never the left. If you think everyone else is nuts aside for you, then YOU are the NUT and the others are normal!
Liberalism MUST be defeated!
Religious people are day be day loosing their rights in America, with insurance, with end of life procedures, with caring for young disability, with education [alternative types of living], etc etc. If obama is re-elect America would look like Russia of Stalin era. Remember Stalin was also anti-religious
The founding fathers of the U.S.A., were absolutely correct in separating government and religion. Yet, Santorum would like to turn back the clock 236 years, and intertwine religion with government. As Ed Koch stated, Santorum is entitled to his personal religious beliefs. However, when he tries to impose his religious beliefs on others, it violates the principle of separation of church and state. Unfortunately, there are examples of other governments which expound religious dogma, and the results have been a disaster (i.e. the religious police in Saudi Arabia, the Islamists in Iran, the Taliban in Afghanistan, etc.). In Saudi Arabia, the religious police will conduct surveillance of individuals. Is this what we want here?
Koch wants to be buried in a churchyard. Now WHO is crazy?
To #1 You better think twice before you move the lever or write in your X in the box!!
Who imposed their belief that marriage is something other that between a man and a woman?Who imposed their belief that all abortion should be legal? etc….
If I had any doubts whether to vote for Santorum, Eddie useless has just helped me make up my mind and to vote for him. Eddie, you are a has-been or better yet a never-been and that kills you since you are an egotistical maniac.
Liberals do have strong reasons for their views. They fight to defend the freedom of young women to prevent the life-changing event of having a child. They strive to remove the social stigma from relationships that are not recognized under the law between two people of the same gender. They strive to help people escape the pain of debilitive diseases and pass on by removing them from medical care.
Their “practical” justifications aside, though, at bottom, “Secular Humanism” is a theology. Everyone agrees that murder should be illegal. What point a fertilized egg becomes a human being is a theological question. Whether it should be acceptable to desire another person of your same gender rests on a theological question of what is the nature of the soul and essence of a human being. Whether a person with a heartbeat can truly be called “alive” as he lies unresponsive and and depends entirely on medical equipment, is a theological question. They claim their theology rests on pure intellect. But they depend on their science and their social theories with the same unthinking fervor as any religious believer.
You can believe that religious people can and should lead the country and still believe Santorum is nuts.
I guess when a nut guy says on someone that he is Nuts, its an honor!!!!
Santorum is nuts. Conservatives- you can’t have it both ways; you can’t lambaste Obama for “forcing his beliefs on others” when he tries to get insurers covering Catholic-related institutions to cover contraception, and then applaud Santorum for doing EXACTLY THE SAME THING, just in reverse, when he tries to impose his religious beliefs against contraception on everyone else. For the record, Jewish law allows contraception in certain cases, while Xtian doctrine never does. Open the door for Santorum, and the door goes both ways. How long before our own freedoms are curtailed?
To those who want to “defeat Liberalism”… This is a FORCE of the UNIVERSE…. Dogma is a way of the century. We pass by Dogma and let the Universe sort itself out. May it be the will of our people to recognize truth in Humanity for what it really is. Good luck anti liberal haters in your crusade against peace. It wont be good for your soul.