Wisconsin – Rick Santorum, who is Mitt Romney’s primary challenger for the Republican presidential nomination, told one of the young men he was about to bowl with at a campaign stop that he couldn’t use a pink ball on camera.
According to Reuters reporter Sam Youngman.
“You’re not gonna use the pink ball. We’re not gonna let you do that. Not on camera. Satorum said, “Friends don’t let friends use pink balls,”
Santorum was bowling with the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse College Republicans. Winsconsin is the next major battleground for his fight against Romney. They are holding their primary next week.
The Human Rights Campaign, the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group in the country, went after Santorum for Pink Bowling BallGate, saying,
Human Rights Campaign Vice President of Communications Fred Sainzv told Reuters,
“This is another example of Rick Santorum intentionally making ignorant statements that have a real impact on LGBT people. Whether he’s comparing our marriages to inanimate objects, saying our children would be better off with a parent in prison as opposed to two loving same-sex parents, or calling open military service a ‘tragic social experiment;’ he’s proven that he thinks LGBT people are second-class citizens not worthy of dignity or respect. In this case, he’s advancing tired gender norms by implying a boy should be ashamed or embarrassed to use a certain color bowling ball.”
Rick Santorum has widely been criticized by Gay Rights organizations for his positions on marriage equality. Mitt Romney claims to hold basically the same positions but has not been so outspoken about them.
