Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, Fox News Channel talk show host, and former candidate for the 2008 Republican Presidential nomination, has stirred up a storm with his recent comments on gay marriage and gay rights.
Huckabee, an ordained Baptist minister, compared gay marriage to incest, drug addiction, and polygamy! Just because some people believe in these things, he says, does not mean society has to accept it!
Gay rights and marriage is becoming more accepted, particularly among younger people, and for a possible presidential candidate to be so blunt in his attack on this issue is bound to cause a lot of turmoil. It is not appropriate to compare gay marriage to the other issues that Huckabee mentions!
This issue is seen by its supporters as an issue of civil rights, and Huckabee now sounds like a bigot, as he also opposes gay adoptions, and has also come out in the past against civil unions. He says the gay lifestyle is outside the “ideal”. He also has said in the past that a man and his pet or multiple partners should not be considered allowable, comparing it to gay relationships. He also has been against gays serving openly in the military, and being foster parents.
Somehow, most of the European democracies, Canada, Australia, and Israel have managed to adjust to gays being part of society, and certainly have gone further on gay rights. It is tragic that this issue has to divide this nation, as while any individual certainly can hold whatever beliefs he wants to, discrimination should not be allowed just because some people have trouble accepting change!
i think that mike huckabee is a ass. thats why i hate republicans because some of them like mike have their heads up their ass. if he wants to become a pesident i wouldnt vote for him for the simple fact that he dosent support everyone if ur the presedent he or she needs to make descions thats best for the people huckabee would not. and screw what he says about gay marriage im all for it!!! i have friends that are openly gay. and its messed up people like mike huckabee who are closed mined and only has one view and thats their own. and just because your gay or a lesbian, bisexual or transgender who are we to judge they dont judge us. we are all people one in the same if you like it or not. whats so wrong about lgbts’ being able to adopt? if two people want to adopt why shouldnt they be able to you know, as long as the kid or baby have two people to love and care for it. it shouldnt matter there are so many kids out there who live in a one parent home to me they would be better off if they had two parents weither its two moms or two dads. as long as the kids know they are loved. and forget what hukabee says about being openly gay and being in the military so what they are fighting for a country to make it better just cause their sexual orientation is different dosent mean nothing. they are the just like everyone else they have feelings, dreams, and goals just like we do just because they like the same sex shouldnt mean that they cant accomplish what they set out to do in life. with all that said i dissagree with what huckabee says. and i dislike him and he shouldnt become a presedent or even run. hes a asshole. even if his views are different he shouldnt look down on them just because of that. and plus some of the people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender. some choose to be and its proven that some are born like that so him can buzz off.