Rick Santorum spoke to a crowd of local pastors in Texas, CNN reports:
“The intolerance of the left, the intolerance of the secular ideology, it is a religion unto itself, it is just not a biblical based religion, and it is the most intolerant,” Santorum said. “Just like we saw from the days of the atheists of the Soviet Union, it is completely intolerant of dissent. They fear dissent. Why? Because the dissent comes from folks who use reason, common sense, and divine revelation and they want no part of any of those things.”
“They want their world view to be imposed without question, and if you question them, you’re haters, you’re bigots, and you should be as a result of that ostracized from the public square,” he added.
The message of a war between believers and non-believers was well received in the small chapel, and many in the audience were brought to tears by Santorum’s personal stories. Following the event, the chapel’s pastor Richard Ellis called on the audience to pray for Santorum’s candidacy. But rather than simply bowing their heads at their seats, Ellis directed Santorum to walk to the center of the small congregation and the crowd of pastors stood in concentric circles around him, arms touching, heads bowed, as they called on God to guide the candidate in his campaign for president.
