It was merely a professional courtesy Toomey was much much closer to Bush and Santorum.
Specter was endorsed by both Bush and Santorum in the primary, but should not be associated with either.
In fact, the right is so angry at Arlen that Pat Toomey, a right-wing Congressman from the Pittsburgh area, nearly defeated Specter in the Republican primary, with the incumbent eking out a 51-49 victory. Arlen Specter is one of the most liberal Republicans in the Senate, and he has repeatedly sided with us liberals against right-wing religious zealotry in government. But other than that, they are very very different politicians. Specter is merely supporting his fellow Senator because they are both members of the same party. This is a letter in response to the one against Arlen Specter, posted on May 17. So when, oh when, is the mainstream media going to report on the santorum phenomenon? Interesting side note: Santorum's joined in sponsoring this one by Senators Clinton and John Kerry (the sponsor of a previous version of the bill in the late 90s).
The text of the Workplace Religious Freedom Act makes it sound as though it's mostly about religous clothing or taking off religious holidays, but the ACLU worries its vague wording would force employers to countenance proselytizing on the job or even employee refusal to work with gay or female clients or colleagues. The ACLU warns of a bill sponsored by Rick "the frothy mixture" Santorum that would expand the scope of accomodations employers, public and private, must make to the religious practices of employees. Now Reason Magazine is calling Rick Santorum "the frothy mixture" on their website: Grafolo used "santorum" on her radio show. Victory is surely ours! And later this week - I promise - on this here website, you will be able to view video of Santorum discussing santorum! And read a riveting letter from Sen. Take Action! Don't let Congress open the door to religious discrimination that will harm coworkers, patients or customers.Ĭlick here for more information and to urge your Representative to oppose this legislation!įYI - Janeane Garofalo just mentioned "santorum" (nearly correctly defined) on her Majority Report show on Air America Radio tonight. The Santorum legislation would strengthen the hand of police officers who want to pick and choose who they will protect, and emergency health care workers and mental health counselors who could abandon patients because their care conflicts with the worker's religious beliefs - or simply because the patient is gay or lesbian. Unless stopped or amended, Senator Santorum's bill would increase the likelihood that employees could ignore an employer's policies against racial or religious harassment of coworkers. This legislation would make it easier for individuals to impose their religious beliefs on their coworkers or customers. Senator Rick Santorum is trying to rush a bill to the Senate floor that is so badly written that it could undermine civil rights protections in the workplace - and make health care less accessible, more discriminatory and riskier. I'm sure you've heard about this bill, but I wanted to pass along just in case you haven't. Plenty more listed here on Technorati's summary of