Rick Santorum: Provocateur of the Right

In a primary bid, Santorum probably has as much working against him as for him amongst conservatives. His disbelief in a Constitutional right to privacy and insistence on the sanctity of the traditional family combine to form an outspoken intolerance of homosexuality that goes further than the views expressed by other Republican candidates.

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He also has his name tied to intelligent design: the "Santorum Amendment" to the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act would have forced public schools to offer the creationist perspective in science classes, and to call into question the scientific evidence supporting evolution. That amendment was rejected.