My Family

Late last evening, standing in front of a display card extolling the societal benefits of marriage, Rick Santorum told the Senate he was supporting a constitutional amendment prohibiting gay marriage "for my family."

Anyone who knows me, Santorum said, "knows that nothing is more important to me than my family."

That's super, Rick. When does my family get its own Senate seat?

Let me tell you about another family, Rick. The parents have been married over forty years. They're Republicans. They taught their children to respect others, and the kids turned out okay. They've lived through 40 years of Republican fornicators, adulterers, serial monogamists, porn aficionados, johns, exhibitionists, sex club patrons, spousal abusers and pedophiles, and it hasn't hurt their family one bit.

If you think gay marriage will hurt your family, Ricky, maybe it's because you're just not a very good father.