Santorum Draws Boos From College Crowd for Opposing Gay Marriage
- Julianna Goldman - Bloomberg Business Week
- Jan 6, 2012
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Rick Santorum anticipated he would be pressed on his conservative views on same-sex marriage and legalizing marijuana, and the college crowd in Concord, New Hampshire, didn’t disappoint him.
“I’m surprised I got a gay marriage question at a college crowd,” he joked. “Really that’s a shock to me.”
For the most part, his audience yesterday was booing, not laughing, particularly when Santorum compared gay marriage to polygamy. The gathering was billed as a forum for college students and was held at a conference center.
Santorum’s remarks sparked a contentious back and forth between the candidate and the college students during the course of an almost hour-long question and answer session.
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