Nothing new here: Santorum doesn't think that same-sex couples should have any rights—no access to marriage, no civil unions, no domestic partnerships, no nothing—but he concedes that we are "free Americans" and that we can live our lives however we like. In other words: all Americans have a right to assfuck their partners in their asses but only straight Americans should have the right to make medical decisions for their partners in an emergency. (But what about assfucking emergencies? We'll need to get a clarification from Santorum about that.) This is growth: Santorum used to argue that gay sex should be a felony. At this rate Santorum will come out for marriage equality sometime after 2089.