For decades we were told that the Republican Party was the party of limited government, and at some point in the distant past, that might have been true.

For the last several years, the Republican Party has been the small government party, small enough to fit between a woman and her OB/GYN.

Well, thanks to Rick Santorum, it wants to get even smaller.

You see, Rick Santorum believes that a president should decide when, where and why couples have sex.  

Of course, we know he doesn't want gays having sex.  (Lord knows he's discussed that subject enough.) No, he believes that as president it would be up to him to explain that sex should only be for married couples and for the purposes of procreation.  

One of the things I will talk about that no president has talked about before is I think the dangers of contraception in this country, the whole sexual libertine idea... It's not okay because it's a license to do things in the sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be. They're supposed to be within marriage, for purposes that are, yes, conjugal... but also procreative.   

That's the perfect way that a sexual union should happen. We take any part of that out, we diminish the act. And if you can take one part out that's not for purposes of procreation, that's not one of the reasons, then you diminish this very special bond between men and women, so why can't you take other parts of that out? And all of a sudden, it becomes deconstructed to the point where it's simply pleasure. And that's certainly a part of it--and it's an important part of it, don't get me wrong--but there's a lot of things we do for pleasure, and this is special, and it needs to be seen as special.

So in Santorum's eyes, the precious moments that you spent with your significant other, especially if you aren't married, if they were not for the specific reason of making a baby, were not special.  And any love-making made by infertile couples, no matter how cherished the other might have felt - nope, not special.   Couples having sex after the woman has gone through menopause, why do it, it's not special. 

Again, I know most presidents don't talk about those things, and maybe people don't want us to talk about those things, but I think it's important that you are who you are. I'm not running for preacher. 

I'm not running for pastor, but these are important public policy issues.

Public policy issue?  When, how and why consenting adults have sex is suddenly considered public policy?  Exactly where did you get that idea? Who has been taking a vote on when you have sex, Rick?  What group got to judge whether sex with your wife is special? 

Sex is a personal decision, not a public policy and only those involved have the information necessary to decide whether any encounter is special or not. 

Somewhere, somehow you got the wrong idea about what the role of the president is.  Trust me, it's not sitting around getting to decide who may and may not have sex.