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Rick Santorum During Bowling Alley Visit: ‘Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Pink Balls’

Date: March, 28 2012 Source: The Huffington Post

 

Rick Santorum incited the ire of gay rights advocates when he told a boy to not use a pink bowling ball during a campaign stop at a Wisconsin bowling alley.