01/17/2008
Mike Huckabee Equates Homosexuality to Bestiality
In an interview published today on Belief.net, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee equated homosexuality with polygamy and bestiality.
Talking Points Memo notes: "Huck has just clarified his view that the Constitution should be amended to be brought in line with God's will -- and he directly equated homosexuality with bestiality. Huck, in elaborating on his views that the Constitution should be subjected to Biblical standards, had just wrapped up a discussion of the fact that marriage has meant 'a man and a woman in a relationship for life.' With this context firmly established, this exchange followed:"
BELIEF.NET: Is it your goal to bring the Constitution into strict conformity with the Bible? Some people would consider that a kind of dangerous undertaking, particularly given the variety of biblical interpretations.
HUCKABEE: Well, I don’t think that’s a radical view to say we’re going to affirm marriage. I think the radical view is to say that we’re going to change the definition of marriage so that it can mean two men, two women, a man and three women, a man and a child, a man and animal. Again, once we change the definition, the door is open to change it again. I think the radical position is to make a change in what’s been historic.
(via americablog)
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Heil Huckabee, supreme Dictator of the American JesusReich...
Posted by: the queen | Jan 17, 2008 12:59:15 PM
Someone please make sure Stipe reads this.
Posted by: DwH | Jan 17, 2008 1:03:21 PM
"...a man and a child"
Wasn't Arkansas one of those good 'ol Bible Belt states where the age of consent for a girl used to be thirteen--and that was just 40 years ago. If you made the Constitution conform with the Bible, grown men could marry pubescent girls. Then air travel from the US to Thailand would just plummet.
Posted by: Derrrick from Philly | Jan 17, 2008 1:03:27 PM
crazy-assed hillbilly. people like him scare the bejesus out of me. there is no way this nut-job could win the general election.
Posted by: nic | Jan 17, 2008 1:03:32 PM
Isn't Mike Huckabee dating Chuck Norris?? We call it a Hutch.
Posted by: Stephen | Jan 17, 2008 1:04:43 PM
I think Hucksterbee needs to learn a little law first. There are already laws against polygamy, a child can't enter into a contract, nor can any animal. And the constitution doesn't allow any one religion to dominate--so, what about buddhist, muslim, jewish, hindu, wiccan points of view? And science? Where's credible evidence that heterosexuality is the only correct one? Does the bible say there can't be same sex marriage? I don't think so. Leviticus takes a dim view on same sex, but nothing about marriage.
Hucksterbee is selling snake oil. I believe it's his own.
Posted by: woodroad34 | Jan 17, 2008 1:06:22 PM
If I had the choice of marrying Mike Huckabee or Fido the dog I'd go with Fido ANY day!
Posted by: ZEKE | Jan 17, 2008 1:07:21 PM
It isn't Hucksterbee or Huck or Hutch...it's Hickabee, Mike Hickabee.
Posted by: peterparker | Jan 17, 2008 1:10:38 PM
"Again, once we change the definition, the door is open to change it again."
Oh for the love of Pete. Has he heard of Loving v. Virginia?
Posted by: Jeff | Jan 17, 2008 1:14:09 PM
Here's a quote from Leon Bezile, a trial judge the Lovings encountered in Virginia after they broke the "Racial Integrity Act" in 1958:
"Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, Malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix."
And the beat goes on...
Posted by: Jeff | Jan 17, 2008 1:26:35 PM
Now, Brother Zeke: Is Fido all BLACK or is he spotted. I'm all for bestiality, but I'm still workin' on fears of miscegeny. And did you ever get your T-shirt?
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Jan 17, 2008 1:27:22 PM
Actually, based on what he in fact said it's inaccurate to say he "equates homosexual to bestiality." That he's unqualified to be president is pretty obvious without hysterical exagerration.
Posted by: MattGaymon | Jan 17, 2008 1:51:17 PM
"I think the radical position is to make a change in what’s been historic."
Like those radical bastards that didn't like slavery! Or those radical bastards who didn't want women to vote. Or those radical bastards who rose up against the French aristocracy. Or those radical bastards who don't believe the earth is flat. Or those radical bastards who think the earth isn't the center of all creation. I mean, really... Look how well things are going in the middle east where they primarily live in the 12th Century.
I think it's time my son went out with his dog-killer friends and showed those radical bastards' dogs what's up!
"I used to be fat and stoopid. Now I'm just husky and stoopid. I'm Mike Huskybee and I approved this message."
Posted by: MikeinSanJose | Jan 17, 2008 1:53:03 PM
There is polygamy in the Bible. Jacob married Leah and then Rachel. Why does nobody CALL Huckabee on this stuff?
Posted by: Streller | Jan 17, 2008 1:53:52 PM
I think it might also be worth noting that Belief.net was recently purchased by The News Corporation - Owners of FOX.
Posted by: Rob | Jan 17, 2008 1:54:11 PM
Mr. Huckabee would not be pleased to learn what I equate him with.
Posted by: David D. | Jan 17, 2008 1:55:34 PM
"Or those radical bastards who didn't want women to vote."
Ummm... that should read, "Or those radical bastards who WANTED women to vote."
Shit! It loses all it's thunder if you have to explain it.
Posted by: MikeinSanJose | Jan 17, 2008 1:56:27 PM
Mr. Huckabee would not be pleased to learn what I equate him with.
Posted by: David D. | Jan 17, 2008 1:56:52 PM
What is it with these pious bastards and bestiality? Every time same sex marriage comes up, they go straight to man on dog. There is some seriously sick projecting going on.
Posted by: sam | Jan 17, 2008 2:06:08 PM
FUCKABEE...that's what I call him.
F U C K A B E E
Wait till someone catches him buggering some boi in a bathroom...
Posted by: tom | Jan 17, 2008 2:10:13 PM
Keep talking Mike Huckafool. With every sentence you talk yourself out of a nationwide elective position. You may be able to fool a majority of the bastion of inbred idiocy residing in Arkansas but you are underestimating the stupidity and gullibility of the majority of Americans.
Posted by: rudy | Jan 17, 2008 2:10:55 PM
The thing that frsutrates me is that he continues to say things like this, and has said them in the past, and yet remains one of the frontrunners for the Republican nomination. So it's not that I'm afraid he will win the presidency or that I'm afraid he'll even win the nomination. It just baffles my mind that there is still such a numerous and influential voting block in this country that buys into what he's preaching. And it's this voting block and their chosen politicians that will continue to firewall the progress of gay rights.
Posted by: David | Jan 17, 2008 2:27:11 PM
what else do you expect from a republican?
what the news here?
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Posted by: sexyGirl19 | Jan 17, 2008 2:32:12 PM
Has Dan Savage come up with a disgusting definition for "huckabee" yet? I'm really looking forward to that.
Posted by: crispy | Jan 17, 2008 3:03:35 PM