Most presidential candidates would have brushed aside the young woman's challenge, perhaps mumbling something polite about agreeing to disagree.

Not Rick Santorum, on that January afternoon in a hotel ballroom full of college students in Concord, N.H. He was going to convince her (and the entire room) that, no, the inherent right to happiness does not mean society should permit two gay men to marry.

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