People who are familiar with former senator Rick Santorum‘s conservative stances on social issues would not be surprised that the 2016 hopeful is not pleased with the Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling. Santorum took his opinions to the Family Research Council’s Washington Watch, where he colorfully lamented that “religious liberty is under assault today.”

“Justice Kennedy said the only reason that any could oppose gay marriage is because they hated gays and lesbians, which almost stops you in your tracks,” Santorum said. The 2016 hopeful then went on to say that changes in culture have resulted in the change of laws and words, and that Kennedy’s swing vote could have cataclysmic consequences by re-defining marriage.

“A 5-4 decision is going to try to affect the basic foundation of America, and frankly, now, with America leading the way, potentially disrupting the foundation of the world.”

When Tony Perkins asked about what will happen in the ruling’s aftermath, Santorum worried that religious institutions could lose their tax exempt status and faced a fight against those who wanted to “silence any disagreement”:

“Now that this is the law of the land, the question is going to be whether we are going to allow people to actually dissent on this or whether if they are going to be treated as the proponents of this position have advocated: this is a civil rights position and if you oppose this you’re the equivalent a racist back in the 50s and 60s.”

Well, that’s another one for the list.

You can listen to Santorum’s segment here:

[h/t Buzzfeed]

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