Rick Santorum has criticized President
Obama for supporting gay marriage.
Obama
on Wednesday told ABC News' Robin Roberts: “I've concluded that
for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that
I think same sex couples should be able to get married.”
Santorum, who last month dropped out of
the GOP presidential nominating contest, decried Obama's gay marriage
“charade.”
“The announcement today by President
Obama should come as no surprise to the American public,” Santorum
said in a statement. “President Obama has consistently fought
against protecting the institution of marriage from radical social
engineering at both the state and federal level. The President
recently opposed the North Carolina constitutional amendment and, of
course, he refused to defend President Clinton's Defense of Marriage
Act before the U.S. Supreme court. The charade is now over, no doubt
an attempt to galvanize his core hard left supporters in advance of
the November election.”
“Thankfully the American public, when
it has had an opportunity to consider the real world consequences of
such a fundamental change to our society, has consistently voted for
maintaining one man one woman marriage – the basic building block
of our society. I will continue to fight to make sure that the
cultural elites don't further undermine the institution that gives
the best opportunity for healthy, happy children and a just and
prosperous society.”
(Related: Jay
Leno tells Rick Santorum he's wrong on gay marriage.)