Rick Santorum is betting on a socially conservative agenda through his “Faith, Family and Freedom Tour” to Republican primary states, the Boston Globe reported.
He will be speaking in New Hampshire Monday night to tout his agenda to a fiscally conservative, socially moderate state which is the first state to hold a primary in January.
Santorum presented his socially conservative agenda in Iowa on Friday and is calling for a ban on chaplains performing same-sex marraiges, banning federal funding for embryonic stem cell research and abolishing the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is known for its liberal rulings on gay marriage and the recently-repealed Don’t Ask Don’t Tell rule.
“You can’t have limited government if you have broken families because someone has to pick up the pieces,” Santorum said during the launch of his agenda in Iowa as quoted by ABC News. “The person who picks up the pieces are tax payers with huge government programs who support those broken families.”
However, in past visits to New Hampshire, Santorum downplayed his socially conservative streak and focused on economic issues. He chided The Boston Globe for focusing too much on his fascination with social issues while at the same time defending his beliefs.
