Over the weekend, former Arkansas Governor, current Fox News host, and future star in the film Pillsbury Doughboy - Mike Huckabee - went on a rant about the Supreme Court DOMA ruling, where he uttered the following gems:
"If we're determined to change the definition of marriage to accommodate how people feel and what they wish to do because of their mutual consent, then we should immediately release those incarcerated for practicing polygamy or bigamy. And, frankly, let's make all consensual adult behaviors legal, whether prostitution, assisted suicide, or even drinking 16 ounce sodas in New York City."
Yes, because they're all the same. A gay couple loving one another and being legally allowed to marry = a person being legally able to pay another for sex = a person being legally able to end a suffering person's life with his or her consent = a person being legally able to drink a 16 ounce soda in New York City. Oh, and by the way, polygamy is a type of marriage which was seen as legitimate in the Bible. What was it about a Biblical marriage always being between one man and one woman again?
"(I'm on the) right side of history. (Gay marriage) is newer than Google or the iPod ... and the first nation to even codify it into law didn't do so until the year 2000."
Just like when interracial marriages were legalized, people with a Huckabee-like mentality were on the "right side of history." Just because something hasn't been legal for a great quantity of time doesn't mean it's morally unethical. We'll see what "side of history" Huckabee is on 5-10 years from now when a majority of states have legalized gay marriage.
"(The issue) is not equality, but sameness. Equality means intrinsic worth and value ... but equality of worth doesn't create sameness. There are differences between men and women and votes of Congress nor the 'extreme court' can change that."
::slow clap:: Alrighty... His point is...?
"As much as I'd love to be loved and admired by all, I can't defy the definition of marriage any more than I can defy the definition of gravity."
I suggest for Mr. Huckabee to read the Bible again and take copious notes on all the different kinds of "Biblical" marriages which are laid about through scripture. If he's being honest with himself, I'm sure he'll be quite surprised at the multiple types of "Biblical" marriages described before him. I love the marriage to gravity comparison as well. Marriage is to gravity what horoscopes are to science. Horoscopes are to science what Mike Huckabee is to rationality.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/01/mike-huckabee-gay-marriage-polygamy_n_3530188.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003&ir=Media
"If we're determined to change the definition of marriage to accommodate how people feel and what they wish to do because of their mutual consent, then we should immediately release those incarcerated for practicing polygamy or bigamy. And, frankly, let's make all consensual adult behaviors legal, whether prostitution, assisted suicide, or even drinking 16 ounce sodas in New York City."
Yes, because they're all the same. A gay couple loving one another and being legally allowed to marry = a person being legally able to pay another for sex = a person being legally able to end a suffering person's life with his or her consent = a person being legally able to drink a 16 ounce soda in New York City. Oh, and by the way, polygamy is a type of marriage which was seen as legitimate in the Bible. What was it about a Biblical marriage always being between one man and one woman again?
"(I'm on the) right side of history. (Gay marriage) is newer than Google or the iPod ... and the first nation to even codify it into law didn't do so until the year 2000."
Just like when interracial marriages were legalized, people with a Huckabee-like mentality were on the "right side of history." Just because something hasn't been legal for a great quantity of time doesn't mean it's morally unethical. We'll see what "side of history" Huckabee is on 5-10 years from now when a majority of states have legalized gay marriage.
"(The issue) is not equality, but sameness. Equality means intrinsic worth and value ... but equality of worth doesn't create sameness. There are differences between men and women and votes of Congress nor the 'extreme court' can change that."
::slow clap:: Alrighty... His point is...?
"As much as I'd love to be loved and admired by all, I can't defy the definition of marriage any more than I can defy the definition of gravity."
I suggest for Mr. Huckabee to read the Bible again and take copious notes on all the different kinds of "Biblical" marriages which are laid about through scripture. If he's being honest with himself, I'm sure he'll be quite surprised at the multiple types of "Biblical" marriages described before him. I love the marriage to gravity comparison as well. Marriage is to gravity what horoscopes are to science. Horoscopes are to science what Mike Huckabee is to rationality.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/01/mike-huckabee-gay-marriage-polygamy_n_3530188.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003&ir=Media
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