Rick Santorum wanted his opinions to be known on the issue of Bruce Jenner coming out as a transgender woman. Santorum thinks that it’s really important to be loving and accepting of Bruce Jenner. Rick Santorum has said some pretty terrible things about the LGBT community in the past, so his comments on Jenner are quite surprising. Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks. Why do you think Santorum has flip-flopped on this issue? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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“Former Senator Rick Santorum, a longtime culture warrior known for his conservative views on marriage equality and other social issues, said on Saturday than he believes Bruce Jenner when he says he’s a woman.
“If he says he’s a woman, then he’s a woman,” Santorum, who is weighing running for president again in 2016, said in response to a question from BuzzFeed News during a roundtable with reporters at the South Carolina Republican Party’s convention. “My responsibility as a human being is to love and accept everybody. Not to criticize people for who they are. I can criticize, and I do, for what people do, for their behavior. But as far as for who they are, you have to respect everybody, and these are obviously complex issues for businesses, for society, and I think we have to look at it in a way that is compassionate and respectful of everybody.”
“So these are tough issues. I haven’t got into the whole issue, and I don’t think the federal government should get into the whole issue of bathrooms,” Santorum said after being asked whether he thinks Jenner should be able to use women’s public restrooms. “I think those are things that the business community and local agencies and organizations should deal with.”*
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