WEST CHESTER TWP. <\/p>\n
An increasingly aggressive war on religious freedom is something American Christians must proactively battle back against and not leave to the nations political and religious leaders, according to possible presidential candidate Rick Santorum, who spoke Tuesday evening at a religious freedom rally hosted by Imago Dei Christian Fellowship in West Chester Twp. <\/p>\n
Santorum, a former two-term U.S. senator representing Pennsylvania and presidential candidate, told the Journal-News prior to the speech that he expects to decide on a 2016 presidential bid by sometime late spring, early summer say June, give or take a month. <\/p>\n
In the meantime, he plans to tour the nation to gauge reaction on his message of religious freedom, including in Ohio, which he said is very important to the presidential race. <\/p>\n
We wouldnt have the (2016 Republican National) convention here if we didnt think it was important, Santorum said. <\/p>\n
During his 45-minute speech punctuated by Amens and applause, Santorum pressed a crowd of approximately 400 to react to a direct assault on people of faith for living their faith out in the public square. <\/p>\n
Were battling and theres only two institutions in America to battle back, said Santorum, a 56-year-old social conservative, practicing Catholic and father of seven. One is the church and the other is the family. Thats why if you look at everything the left is trying to do in America, everything the secular society is trying to do, theyre trying to tear those two institutions down and they are coming after you. <\/p>\n
Santorum, who in 2012 scored what he described then as a huge upset in the Iowa Republican caucuses before eventually finishing as runner-up to former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney on the national level, urged audience members to be more proactive in defense of their faith. <\/p>\n
We have to understand that unless we are out there forming and informing, the other side is going to win the battle, he said. You cannot win an argument you dont make. <\/p>\n
America, he said, is a product of the American Revolution, which was founded on the Declaration of Independences principle ofWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Read this article: <\/p>\n
Santorum advocates fight for religious freedom<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WEST CHESTER TWP. Continue reading