In weaving faith into campaign, Santorum resorts to chiding opponents

By David A. Fahrenthold and Felicia Sonmez
Washington Post

As his campaign surges, Rick Santorum is testing an untested model for incorporating religion into his message. He is betting that Americans want a president who uses faith not just to inspire — but also to judge.

This weekend, Santorum told supporters in Ohio that President Obama’s environmental views reflect “some phony theology. Not a theology based on the Bible.” Santorum said later that he believes Obama is a Christian, but he says that the president subscribes to the idea that the Earth’s needs should be put above mankind’s.

“I don’t believe . . . that’s what we’re here to do,” Santorum said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “We’re not here to serve the Earth. The Earth is not the objective. Man is the objective.”

That argument seems to fit an older pattern in Santorum’s rhetoric. As a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Santorum blasted other politicians and Catholic universities for disregarding church doctrine.
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