Santorum Severs Ties To Thomas More Law Center

A story from a couple of weeks ago that I somehow missed during the hustle and bustle of Christmastide:

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Sen. Rick Santorum has withdrawn his affiliation with the Christian-rights law center that defended a school district's policy mandating the teaching of "intelligent design."

Mr. Santorum, the Senate's No. 3 Republican who is facing a tough re-election challenge next year, earlier praised the Dover Area School District for "attempting to teach the controversy of evolution."

But the day after a federal judge ruled the district's policy on intelligent design unconstitutional, Mr. Santorum told the Philadelphia Inquirer he was troubled by testimony indicating religion motivated some board members to adopt the policy.

Mr. Santorum, of Pennsylvania, was on the advisory board of the Michigan-based Thomas More Law Center, which defended the district's policy. The law center describes its mission as defending the religious freedom of Christians.

"I thought the Thomas More Law Center made a huge mistake in taking this case and in pushing this case to the extent they did," Mr. Santorum said Wednesday. He said then that he would end his affiliation with the center.

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Mr. Santorum said in a 2002 op-ed article in The Washington Times that intelligent design "is a legitimate scientific theory that should be taught in science classes."

My Comments:
Just like the cover-up always being worse than the initial underlying offense, the flip-flop is always worse than the original position taken. So much for Santorum's reputation for standing on principle.

Bye-bye, Rick! Enjoy the private sector. Hope you don't need a job with any Catholic advocacy groups such as, say, the Thomas More Law Center.