Presidential candidates shouldn't be appearing on the Glenn Beck show. It's improper. That should be a given. Beck is filled with so much rage and hatred.
Also, I feel the need to stick up for atheists. People who don't believe in a supernatural being aren't less moral. For some people, religion is a pathway to morality. Santorum is absolutely wrong in insisting that one needs a god to be moral. Just look at world affairs and think about how much war is waged in the name of someone's particular religion. Fact is, if Santorum was born in Saudi Arabia or Iran, he'd most likely be a Muslim. Religion is a consequence of culture and birthplace.
DALLAS, Texas – Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Thursday that President Obama wants more young adults to go to college so they can undergo “indoctrination” to a secular world view.
In an hour-long interview with conservative television host Glenn Beck, Santorum also defended his record on abortion and his vote in favor of President George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind education law.
On the president’s efforts to boost college attendance, Santorum said, “I understand why Barack Obama wants to send every kid to college, because of their indoctrination mills, absolutely … The indoctrination that is going on at the university level is a harm to our country.”
He claimed that “62 percent of kids who go into college with a faith commitment leave without it,” but declined to cite a source for the figure. And he floated the idea of requiring that universities that receive public funds have “intellectual diversity” on campus. Read on at the NJ
