Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims Blast Rick Santorum On 'Equality' Comment

[Vehl]

Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus are accusing Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum of bigotry and ignorance after he said that “equality” is solely a Judeo-Christian concept.

“Where do you think the concept of equality comes from?” Santorum said on the campaign trail last Friday (Jan. 20). “It doesn’t come from Islam. It doesn’t come from the East and Eastern religions. It comes from the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”


Not everyone agreed.

“Sen. Santorum’s presidential campaign is now playing to the lowest common denominator of religious bigotry and prejudice by attacking Eastern religions and Islam,” said Aseem Shukla of the Hindu American Foundation. Santorum’s comments, Shukla added, “show a profound ignorance of the teachings of Dharma spiritual traditions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism.”

Santorum’s campaign did not answer repeated requests for comment.

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Why am I NOT surprised!

[Enrique]

1. the GOP is full of scholars

teaching us all kinds of stuff about history, religion, science, etc.

[xchrom]

2. Du rec. Nt

[PassingFair]

3. Until Moses brought the ten commandments, people were all like animals.

Don't you know history?

[provis99]

4. that asshole Santorum doesn't even think women are equal to men.

massive religious hypocrite.

[LeftishBrit]

5. Since when has Santorum supported equality anyway?

[DCKit]

6. Would folks of those religions have voted (R) anyway?

He's gaining cred with the fundies and racists, a far larger voting block.

Someone needs to explain the concept of the "dog whistle" to any minority group that might take, at face value, anything that comes out of any Republicans (or politician's, in general) mouth.