Santorum: 'I'll die' to stop same sex marriages

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is deadly serious about stopping gays from getting married.

Earlier this week, the former Pennsylvania senator told Caffeinated Thoughts that he would be willing to "die" in the fight against marriage equality.

"The battle we're engaged in right now is same sex marriage, ultimately that is the very foundation of our country, the family, what the family structure is going to look like," Santorum explained. "I'll die on that hill."

The candidate later went on to explain that sex between a man and a woman is "special," and even birth control is "not OK."

"We'll repeal Obamacare and get rid any idea that you have to have abortion coverage or contraceptive coverage," he said. "One of the things that I will talk about that no president has talked about before is I think the dangers of contraception in this country, the sexual liberty idea and many in the Christian faith have said, you know contraception is OK. It's not OK because it's a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be."

Santorum continued: "They're supposed to be within marriage. They are supposed to be for purposes that are, yes, conjugal but also procreative, and that's the perfect way a sexual union should happen. When we take any part of that out, we diminish the act. If we take one part out, it's not for the purposes of procreation, it's not one of the reasons, then you diminish this very special bond between men and women. So, why can't you take other parts of that out? And then all of the sudden it becomes deconstructed to the point where it's simply pleasure, and that's certainly a part of it, and it's an important part, don't get me wrong. But there is a lot of things we do for pleasure and this is special and it needs to be seen as special."

"I know most presidents don't talk about those things, and maybe people don't want us to talk about those things. But I think it's important that you are who you are."

Watch this video from Caffeinated Thoughts, broadcast Oct. 21, 2011.

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