Rick Santorum Glitter Bombed; Gay Activist Yells, 'Feel The Rainbow'
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- On Top Magazine Staff
- | February 08, 2012
Rick Santorum on Tuesday was doused with glitter as he made his way to a podium during a campaign event in Blaine, Minnesota.
“Feel the rainbow!” gay activist Ben Egerman yelled as he protested Santorum's opposition to gay rights. “No hate in our state!” (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page. Visit our video library for more videos.)
Santorum was the target of the third glitter bombing of GOP presidential candidates in the past 6 days.
“We have now completed Minnesota's Republican Fashion Week, having glitterbombed extremist candidates Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum, and interrupted Newt Gingrich's campaign stop. We invite those who stand for equality across the country to throw their own Republican Fashion Weeks to give hateful politicians making the rounds this campaign season a fabulous new look.”
Santorum has previously criticized the practice of glittering as an attempt to “shut down free speech.”
“As far as I'm concerned this just shows how intolerant they really are,” he said. “They're afraid of the truth.”