Homophobic politician Rick Santorum has been booed by students
at a U.S. university for his anti-gay opinions.
The Republican - who is hoping to be the party's Presidential
candidate for America's next election - was participating in a
Q&A session at the 2012 College Convention in New
Hampshire.
There, he took part in a heated exchange over gay equality,
claiming that children raised by same-sex parents are being
"harmed".
When asked by a member of the audience how gay equality would
personally affected his life, the crowd cheered - leaving Santorum,
who is enjoying a successful campaign run, claiming that
heterosexual marriages are privileged because they produce
children.
"Marriage is the union of a man and a woman. God made men and
women. Men and women come together in a union to have children. It
should be valued and have privileged status over people who want to
have a relationship together.
"The uniqueness of marriage is it provides an intrinsic good to
society. It's the union that causes children to be born and raised
in an environment that's a birthright.
"When we deny children that birthright by saying other types of
relationships are okay - I think we are harming children," Santorum
said.
He then compared same-sex marriages to multiple marriages and
polygamy, sparking jeers from attendees.
"What about three men?" he said. "If you think it's okay for two,
you have to differentiate for me why you're not okay with three.
Any two people, or any three, or four."
When asked what he would do with the U.S. states who allow gay
marriage if he became president, he said: "I don't believe that we
can have 50 definitions of marriage in this country."
