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Oops: Huckabee Defends Gay Marriage

By complaining about troubles of out-of-wedlock kids: Ruth Marcus

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 25, 2011 12:11 PM CST

(Newser) – In attacking gay marriage, Mike Huckabee inadvertently offered an excellent defense of it, writes Ruth Marcus. He went from criticizing President Obama’s decision not to defend the gay-marriage ban to pointing out the difficult “economic reality of out-of-wedlock children.” The fact is, “gays and lesbians are clamoring for the right to avoid the very societal ill that Huckabee decries,” writes Marcus in the Washington Post.

As for the legal debate over whether Obama should have adhered to tradition and defended the law: well, Chief Justice John Roberts actually set a precedent in the other direction. When he worked in the solicitor general’s office, he “not only declined to defend a congressionally mandated program to give minority applicants preferences in obtaining broadcast licenses”—he pushed for its removal. Obama’s move was “more restrained—and more justified,” since the law he's rejecting “has changed significantly” since it was passed.

In this Sept. 17, 2010, file photo, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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stanJames

Mar 31, 2011 6:31 PM CDT

Huckaabee also has called for warriors to defned America and chritianity. WWII could have been prevent if one large bomb hit the Reichstag.in 1935. Re Huckabee- just another hitleriete who hates gays, and prob everyone else. Thats what right wing christianity is all about. - hate.and ignorance, and idiots who fund them. BTW on the other hand, he may not be happy, but Dr. Mohler, head of hte southern baptists recently said that one way or another gay marriage or something similar is coming to the USA. and that kids are going to have to understand theey have friends who have two mommies or two daddies. If he's being honest, he deserves congratulations. Maybe he realizes that in the christian world we are ALL gods children..

stormy7

Feb 26, 2011 9:38 AM CST

This man believes that the Flinstones were based on a true story. Classic religious idiot

Cat-Lover

Feb 25, 2011 8:28 PM CST

They're all a bunch of idiots. Anyone who believes as Huckabee, Roberts and their fellow-travelers. They're all a bunch of idiots.

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