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Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Bono and Santorum? WTF?!?

Posted by on October 11 at 9:56 AM

Bono is apparently hosting a fundraiser—U2 is performing at one—for Sen. Rick “Frothy Mix” Santorum.

The thousand-dollar-a-seat concert has been put together by Sean and Ana Wolfington and will take place at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia in support of Santorum’s re-election, reports NewsMax’s James Hirsen… So what does the Irish rocker have in common with the conservative senator? As in the case of Santorum, Bono’s religious convictions inform his activities.

Besides his infamous homophobia, Santorum is also an opponent of international family planning programs that discuss birth control, and, like the not-so-good Catholic boy he is, Santorum opposes programs that recommend or distrubute condoms—even if they’re used to prevent HIV transmission in say, third-world women, sex-workers, child prostitutes. That Bono would climb into bed—unprotected, no doubt—with a man like Santorum makes me wonder about Bono’s sanity. Surely Bono sees the connection between disease, unplanned pregnancies, sex work and poverty, his main cause? Surely Bono is aware that people like Santorum hurt his cause?

Regardless of what “informs his activities,” Bono, Santorum is your enemy, not your ally.