Dave Mustaine, Megadeth Frontman, Is Against Gay Marriage, Does Not Formally Endorse Rick Santorum

He might be denying reports that he's officially endorsed Rick Santorum, but Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine wants the world to know he is firmly against gay marriage.

"Since I'm not gay, the answer to that would be no," Mustaine told Josh Kerns of "Seattle Sounds," which airs on on Seattle's KIRO 97.3 FM radio station. After Kerns pressed him further, Mustaine noted, "I'm Christian. The answer to that would be no."

The 50-year-old heavy metal rocker, who last week surprised longtime fans when he told MusicRadar.com that he hoped to see a Republican in the White House, also clarified his political views. "America is being emasculated," he said. "I think as long as George Soros is going to be President Obama's main mentor, we need to get ready to start wearing red." As for the specific reports that he's endorsed Santorum, he noted, "I didn't say that. I said that he's the one that I'm looking at."

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Comments

[angrykid]

08:56 PM on 03/08/2012

hmmm... just saw this... front man for one of the best metal acts of the eighties endorses one of the worst presidential candidates of this decade.... for those who are nostalgic...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdEupVsL07E&ob=av2n

[Mason Hernandez]

04:24 AM on 02/27/2012

Maybe he can get a job playing at Victoria Jackson's Birthday party

[StevenKeirstead]

09:19 AM on 02/25/2012

This is not newsworthy. Who cares what this guitar hack thinks?

[Seth Janicot]

01:48 PM on 02/24/2012

screen out 3 comments for no good reason? good job mods

[Seth Janicot]

01:47 PM on 02/24/2012

who is even interviewing this never-was?

[Seth Janicot]

01:42 PM on 02/24/2012

why has megadeath never really achieved major success? They are out of touch dinosaurs, go hang with the nuge

[Pho3n1xSun]

03:23 AM on 02/24/2012

I'm still suck on "who is this guy?"

[steevrawjers]

11:25 PM on 02/23/2012

this guys is a great guitarist

[B Lumpkins]

01:14 AM on 02/24/2012

And apparently he's a ignorant fool. What's your point?

[steevrawjers]

01:40 AM on 02/24/2012

that he is great guitarist

[steevrawjers]

01:44 AM on 02/24/2012

oh sorry

[LynnW49]

08:49 PM on 02/23/2012

"America is being emasculated"

Just you, dude, just you.

[jezebelial]

07:24 PM on 02/23/2012

So much hair swaddling his empty head. Pathetic old fool...

[Watch Maker]

07:31 AM on 02/23/2012

Thank you for being openly bigoted

[Jampa]

03:50 AM on 02/23/2012

Pathetic.

[reasonseason]

10:31 PM on 02/22/2012

The man has made a career of sound and fury signifying nothing. It's time for him to embrace the "heard no more" phase of life.

[Headcrusher]

04:42 AM on 02/23/2012

You should take your own advice. Obviously you have never listened to the lyrics of any of his songs.

[dgtl1]

09:06 PM on 02/23/2012

I listened to the lyrics once upon a time and grooved on them .... but then I outgrew all that nonsense when I turned 14.

[mherrera]

09:15 PM on 02/22/2012

Those guys are still alive?

[Headcrusher]

04:50 AM on 02/23/2012

Alive and Well.

[Pointless Agony]

08:18 PM on 02/22/2012

Most of you people are judging his legitimacy based on his musical career. In that case gay people will never get anywhere because most of them are nothing more than gay voices.

[B Lumpkins]

01:15 AM on 02/24/2012

Being a Christian doesn't give you any legitimacy on how a DIVERSE country should run either so "SCREW YOU" and "SCREW HIM"