Another Santorum on contraceptives post

Matthew Archbold asks, Can a Faithful Catholic Run for President? 

Newsflash! Rick Santorum is Catholic! No, really Catholic. What? Who knew?

It’s come to light that Santorum, in a number of interviews, has said he agrees with the Church and that contraception is “harmful to women.”

Insert gasp here. In fact the comments were so gasp worthy that it took months for people to realize how offended they were. [. . .]

As Santorum made abundantly clear in the interview he’s not talking about outlawing contraceptives. He’s talking about his personal beliefs.

The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin has called these comments “mind numbing” and says it’ll kill Santorum’s election chances.

Well, lots of minds are pretty numb when it comes to thinking honestly about "women's issues," so Ms. Rubin certainly isn't alone.

While it may or may not turn out to be politically smart for the candidate to talk about this stuff, it's undeniably pertinent to our societal ills. Santorum has a pretty coherent world view from which his faith can't be extracted, and he's not willing to pretend it can be. So let's give the guy some credit for his honesty, as well as his courage; he knows first-hand what happens to those who swim against the progressive tide on sexual issues.

Archbold refers to the Matt Lewis piece I linked to yesterday:

Matt Lewis says simply that the American people don’t want their politicians talking about contraception. What?! It’s all the Democrat party ever talks about. In the Democratic playbook there’s one solution to all the ills facing America today. Global warming? Contraception. Poverty? Contraception. Abortion? Contraception? The debt? Contraception.

What’s really meant is that you’re not allowed to discuss the negative consequences of a high percentage of the female population ingesting carcinogens and feeling able to jump into bed with men they don’t trust or love.

Santorum said he thinks birth control is harmful to women. Notice nobody’s taking on the issue itself. They want him silenced. It’s off limits. Anti-women.

But hey -- look who's daring to step out of line:

BRZEZINSKI: I don't think there's anything wrong with believing that, I really don't. I don't think that means he's going to ban birth control across the board.  Those are his personal beliefs. And I think that as a father, and a man who's held public office, he's lived up to them, it appears. Which makes it interesting for the conversation, and it's a conversation probably every family should have, about birth control and its role in society with their own kids.  He's got his own, and he stands by them, and I think he's an interesting part of the national conversation in terms of where our society is going. And there is a lot of risky behavior out there that happens to be connected to birth control. So there's a whole other side to this conversation.  And not once did I say should it be banned, or should it not be covered by health insurance. But I think it's OK to have those beliefs or those concerns.

Go Mika! I never watch your show but that surprised me.

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