“Anybody who would suggest we call a truce on moral issues doesn’t understand what America’s all about,” Rick Santorum said at the first GOP Presidential Debate.
Of course, what he means by this is not clear. It doesn’t seem to be a universal interest in morality. When it comes to the question of torture, Santorum is interested in telling people that it works; the moral question seems to be entirely outside of his mind. Indeed, the things he praised President Obama for are some of the most questionable Bush policies possible:
He’s done right by keeping Gitmo open,” Santorum said, referring to Guantánamo Bay prison camp. “He’s done right by finishing the job in Iraq. He has done right by trying to win in Afghanistan. Those were existing policies that were in place.
This, however, is how it usually is. The moral question, for some, seems to end when one is outside of the bedroom and the baby is born. Until someone shows a universal concern for life, for human dignity at all stages of life, I will dismiss their call for morality as empty rhetoric. After all, they show that when the going gets tough, morality is one of the first things they toss aside.
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