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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) is against gay marriage, at least in part, because of the "ick factor."
"I do believe that God created male and female and intended for marriage to be the relationship of the two opposite sexes," Huckabee said in a recent New Yorker profile. "Male and female are biologically compatible to have a relationship. We can get into the ick factor, but the fact is two men in a relationship, two women in a relationship, biologically, that doesn't work the same."
Huckabee goes on to say that "some pretty startling studies" show that "monogamous marriage" is the way to end poverty.
"No culture in the history of mankind has ever tried to redefine marriage," he added.
Earlier this year, Huckabee -- who, according to polls, is a Republican frontrunner in the 2012 presidential race -- said gay couples shouldn't be able to adopt, saying, "Children are not puppies."
In another part of the interview, Huckabee doesn't hold fast to typical Republican support of the death penalty.
"I probably could be fine if we didn't have the death penalty," Huckabee said.
As governor, according to the profile, Huckabee signed 16 death orders. He also commuted the sentence of one man, convicted of burglary and aggravated assault and sentenced to more than 100 years in prison, who went on to kill four police officers.
"The truth is, it could be the kind of thing that would keep me from ever being able to run," Huckabee said.
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CityGuy
June 21, 2010 11:06 AM
Well speaking as a happy heterosexual... there is also a strong "ick factor" in some of the stuff hetero's do as well! Just saying.
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Jon Lester
June 21, 2010 11:48 AM in reply to CityGuy
My first thought, too, except I'd quantify it as more than 'some.'
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IVY LEAGUE
June 21, 2010 12:41 PM in reply to Jon Lester
Mike Huckabee's "FAT gene" (Clearly, passed down
to his 300+ pound sons)
Produces not only an ICK but a long lasting
GAG reflex. Mike was a huge PORKER himself
until just recently, with inability to see his
own feet, so
Presumably his wife felt it was too ICKY to
attempt various positions with this whale (No
disrespect intended to WHALES) ... ergo
NO WONDER he knows nothing about sexual
variety; and then (as mentioned in this thread)
there is the
CRACKER FACTOR
(If you never did it and don't understand it =
dismiss it with a juvenile comment like "ICK")
To consider.
Huckabee is a JOKE which never ends, someone
who would get no further (should he ever attempt
another doomed Presidential bid) than before ...
and likely do WORSE than Fred "Hound Dog face"
Thompson (a cartoon complete with bimbo wife).
THESE men are good for entertainment value,
nothing more. IVY
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Clarance Vine
June 21, 2010 11:34 PM in reply to IVY LEAGUE
Yes, he may be a joke that never ends but google Huckabee and Wayne DuMond. Remember when this happened. A really wild story.
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IVY LEAGUE
June 22, 2010 2:15 AM in reply to Clarance Vine
GLAD you brought 'that guy' up, Clarance; no need
for myself to "google" as I was familiar with him =
Wayne Dumond, the rapist/murderer with THREE wives
(whom Huckabee was obviously in sympathy with and
pardoned) = Died 1999, but
I'D far prefer to see Huckabee (permanently)
connected at the HIP, with Maurice
Clemmons ~ or, I should say
The LATE Maurice Clemmons ... COP killer extraordinaire
(also pardoned by Mike the MORON) ~ four Lakewood,
Washington police officers
shot dead just after Thanksgiving, 2009, Clemmons
subsequently killed. The guy had FELONIES in
both Arkansas and WA = five in one, eight in
another. What a prince ...
MAKES you sort of warm and fuzzy inside = to know that
Huckabee thinks those people deserve CLEMENCY ... but
would cut no slack to decent Americans because they happen
to be gay. Guess that's what a (supposed) "Bible college
edu-macation" teaches you, hmm? IVY
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Clarance Vine
June 22, 2010 8:18 AM in reply to IVY LEAGUE
I did not know about Clemmons and Huckabee. Does it ever stop? Never got past the Dumond murder rape rampage, and the politics and pardon. You mentioned "Bible college edu-macation" and am reminded of Dumond's last wife(?). I think she was also of that same 'persuasion'. Can't fault her for her 'faith' but Huckabee's crime of cowardice for political gain is still impossible to understand - how someone could do that.
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bibimimi
June 23, 2010 8:52 PM in reply to Clarance Vine
Huckabee = TOAST!
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DwH
June 21, 2010 12:30 PM in reply to CityGuy
I look at Huckabee, imagine him having vanilla, missionary-style sex, and think "Ick!." Therefore, I demand that he be persecuted, have his civil rights taken away, and force him to be castrated.
Can I be a big-deal spokeperson for the rightwing now?
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cwnidog
June 21, 2010 1:10 PM in reply to DwH
The really scary part of that is that for Republicans his *is* some sort of moderate.
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NerdRage
June 21, 2010 2:04 PM in reply to CityGuy
"No culture in the history of mankind has ever tried to redefine marriage,"
yeah...most other cultures didn't give a shit till christianity came along and REDEFINED marriage and relationships
fucking idiot
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blkblt
June 21, 2010 2:08 PM in reply to NerdRage
With all the crazy shit happening in the bible, you'd think Christians would be ok with about anything.
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billstewart
June 21, 2010 10:51 PM in reply to NerdRage
The Federal "Defense of Marriage Act" redefines marriage as being between one man and one woman, in contrast to traditional marriage which, in most traditions, was between one man and as many wives as he could afford. Furthermore, the idea of marriage as something that the government can control as opposed to a private decision between the parties getting married and (often) their families is pretty radical - feudalism and slavery had restrictions like that, but only between the individuals and their own masters, not the state as a whole.
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Clarance Vine
June 21, 2010 8:51 PM in reply to CityGuy
Correct, but the "ick factor" is a lot 'ickeer' on the gay luv. And you know it's true but don't want to appear homophobic.
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billstewart
June 21, 2010 10:34 PM in reply to Clarance Vine
You don't know some of my straight-but-kinky friends, or what it takes to pass for Too Much Information here in San Francisco, do you :-) ?
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Clarance Vine
June 21, 2010 10:58 PM in reply to billstewart
fast lane livin' gonna get you dead.
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SqueakyRat
June 22, 2010 2:46 AM in reply to CityGuy
Really sorry, but to me the whole human sex thing is ick. Didn't use to be.
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Clarance Vine
June 22, 2010 8:42 AM in reply to SqueakyRat
It does complicate EVERYTHING, doesn't it? Even when you're having sex with yourself!
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Michael Maiello
June 21, 2010 11:07 AM
Wow. And he gets portrayed as some sort of moderate.
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Sami
June 21, 2010 1:36 PM in reply to Michael Maiello
Isn't that amazing?
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billstewart
June 21, 2010 10:55 PM in reply to Michael Maiello
He's being honest about it, which makes him a moderate in the current version of the Republican party, as opposed to the ranters who keep saying that marriage should only be permitted for purposes of procreation, not realizing they're excluding straight people like my wife and me, who decided not to have kids.
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georgecs
June 21, 2010 11:08 AM
"No culture in the history of mankind has ever tried to redefine marriage," he added.
I wonder, then, whatever happened to that delightful tradition of brothers and sisters marrying? Or first cousins? Or centuries of enlightened anti-miscegenation laws?
Another right-wing clown lying to his uninformed, uneducated, moronic base.
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David Dashifen Kees
June 21, 2010 11:46 AM in reply to georgecs
Not to mention that we redefined marriage ourselves when we allowed interracial unions, for example!
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Jon Lester
June 21, 2010 11:51 AM in reply to georgecs
He's obviously never seen 'Fellini Satyricon' or any other version or adaptation of 'Satyricon,' the first known novel, although if he did, I'm sure he'd cite it as evidence of the depravity that contributed to the fall of Rome, regardless of the accuracy of that assertion.
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tinsk
June 21, 2010 12:16 PM in reply to georgecs
Then of course there is Adam and Eve. If you believe in creationism then you must also believe incest is acceptable and of God's way?
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vasu
June 21, 2010 2:47 PM in reply to tinsk
Hahahahahahahaha...
Great point!! Since you know technically with that belief we are all incestuous and living in sin! Go Christianity go!
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SqueakyRat
June 22, 2010 2:49 AM in reply to tinsk
Whole Book of Genesis is extremely ick.
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AJM
June 21, 2010 3:42 PM in reply to georgecs
Maybe he should talk to Romney?
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Steve Vokers
June 21, 2010 11:08 AM
I think canned asparagus has a higher ick factor than gay marriage. I'm glad that Gov. Huckabee will support my call for a constitutional amendment banning canned asparagus.
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Sami
June 21, 2010 1:40 PM in reply to Steve Vokers
hahaha I'd actually support THAT ban. Blechhhh... and while we're at it, brussel sprouts. (ah the slippery slope)
I'd rather see Mike Huckabee gettin' it on than eat a brussel sprout. Oh God... ick! I just threw up in my mouth a little bit...
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June 21, 2010 11:09 AM
//Huckabee goes on to say that "some pretty startling studies" show that "monogamous marriage" is the way to end poverty.
"No culture in the history of mankind has ever tried to redefine marriage," he added.//
Wait, who talked about getting rid of the "monogamous" part?
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Hey Obama - Get in the Fight!!
June 21, 2010 11:16 AM in reply to Janis
He meant to say "opposite marriage." :)
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June 21, 2010 12:25 PM in reply to Hey Obama - Get in the Fight!!
Did he though? I think it's another way of implicitly smearing LGBTs.
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Sami
June 21, 2010 1:42 PM in reply to Hey Obama - Get in the Fight!!
"the Irag, everywhere such as..." Oh wait, wrong genius. My bad. :D
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booch221
June 21, 2010 11:25 AM
And don't forget polygamy. And it's not just the Mormons who practiced it. Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, and some Christian sects also practiced it.
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georgecs
June 21, 2010 11:29 AM in reply to booch221
How could I have missed that one? Then again, it is in the Bible, so I guess it's okay. (As long as it's one grizzled old dude and ten hot young women - snark)
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navamske
June 21, 2010 12:00 PM in reply to booch221
It's good to know that Christians are OK with having sects.
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The Caped Composer
June 21, 2010 1:28 PM in reply to navamske
HAHAHAHAHA! I am henceforth co-opting that line.
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tinsk
June 21, 2010 12:25 PM in reply to booch221
Um.. Mormons are Christians... much to the chagrin of many other self proclaimed Christians.
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GillesDeleuze
June 21, 2010 12:34 PM in reply to tinsk
I think their use of a radically different holy book and their unique view of american/palestinian history puts them in a different camp.
also their heaven.
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midnight rambler
June 21, 2010 2:09 PM in reply to GillesDeleuze
Indeed. Mormons are Christians in the same sense that the Druze are Muslims and Sikhs are Hindus.
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billstewart
June 21, 2010 10:43 PM in reply to booch221
Christianity forbids polygamy for believers, but St. Paul said that converts who were already in polygamous marriages didn't have to get divorced, they just couldn't become bishops.
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Subliminability
June 21, 2010 11:36 AM
I wish Stewart and Colbert would stop letting him come on and pretend to be a hip, modern type of mild, compassionate conservative.
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Metzengerstein
June 21, 2010 12:00 PM in reply to Subliminability
The really frightening thing is that, compared to the others, he is.
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onecrappyusername
June 21, 2010 11:39 AM
poor, dumb huck thinks "hate the sin, love the sinner" is a valid electoral strategy.
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Steve LaBonne
June 21, 2010 11:42 AM
Know what triggers MY ick factor, bigtime? Mike "fried squirrel" Huckabee.
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Lynn Dee
June 21, 2010 11:42 AM
Can't we all remember when we were kids and first heard about what was involved in (straight) sex... "The man puts his what where??!!"
Pretty shocking, as I recall. :D
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dustbunny44
June 21, 2010 11:46 AM
Holy H., this man is considered some kinda contender? We got your ick factor right here, huck.
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MustangBobby
June 21, 2010 11:46 AM
The only "ick factor" is that Mr. Huckabee refuses to see relationships beyond the adolescent obsession with naughty bits and what people do with them. These people need to grow the hell up and realize that not everyone defines relationships in terms of sex.
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SkippyFlipjack
June 21, 2010 11:51 AM
Speaking of unnatural relationships, is it true that Mike Huckabee's wife is actually him in a wig and makeup?
http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/02/21/ba_wash_caucuses_wam.jpg
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KY Yellow Dog
June 21, 2010 12:06 PM in reply to SkippyFlipjack
I'm sending him a check so she can get a decent dye job - talk about ice!
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KY Yellow Dog
June 21, 2010 12:07 PM in reply to KY Yellow Dog
Sigh. "ick" not "ice." Fuckin' Monday.
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Peter Principle
June 21, 2010 11:53 AM
Huckabee's "ick" factor sorta reminds of the "ick" factor that segregationists used to have at the thought of having to eat at the same lunch counter as negroes.
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Metzengerstein
June 21, 2010 11:59 AM in reply to Peter Principle
or, God forbid, swim in the same swimming pool!
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DwH
June 21, 2010 12:33 PM in reply to Metzengerstein
Or urinate in the same public toilet.
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vasu
June 21, 2010 3:00 PM in reply to DwH
Or be learned in the same school. (And yes I said be learned on purpose...)
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billstewart
June 21, 2010 10:40 PM in reply to vasu
Do you mean you were trying to show that you, as a learned person, are aware that the wording is grammatically correct but somewhat old-fashioned? Or did you really mean to say "git larned"?
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vasu
June 22, 2010 7:54 AM in reply to billstewart
See.. Damn it. I don't know red neck speak... The problem with growing up in western washington.
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Rocco Boma
June 21, 2010 11:53 AM
What an ignorant hick.
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Flybynite
June 21, 2010 12:13 PM in reply to Rocco Boma
The hick factor, as it were.
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MarinCat
June 21, 2010 11:54 AM
Tryin' to kick the wing nut sh@t globs off yer white ass Dixie cracker clogs ain't gonna play with the real real Americans. Off the bus with you crypto Confederate Huckabee.
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Matt Jones
June 21, 2010 12:05 PM
I find the prospect of conservative evangelicals breeding to be pretty "icky" - does that mean we can ban it now? :)
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jsdc007
June 21, 2010 12:10 PM
The thought of Huckabee going down on his porky wife (or vice versa) brings out the ick factor too, but we're not denying him the right to gross.
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xargaw
June 21, 2010 12:17 PM
People like Huckabee look at the world through a narrow prism. They view religion as "their" religion, sexual attraction as "their" attraction, patriotism, politics, humor, etc. all from their own personal perspective. They reject the "other" in everything because it complicates life forces them to have to think, imagine, and accept that life is complicated and no always so simple. To say that marriage has never been redefined demostrates his ignorance. Marriage between relatives, marriage to multiple wives, marriage among different races, all differ from one man, one woman from his imperfect recollection. The facts always get in the way with these guys. Fortunately, for these guys, facts never seem to bother them.
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Ricky Williams' Bong
June 24, 2010 9:11 AM in reply to xargaw
the black swan....we found them, it can complicate everything. huck just ignores the black swans, and the possibility that others like it exsist.
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supak
June 21, 2010 12:20 PM
I have the same feeling about Huckabee's marriage.
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tinsk
June 21, 2010 12:22 PM
If gay relationships ick him out, the solution is simple. Stop thinking about it and go about your own life.
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captain cauliflower
June 21, 2010 12:31 PM
Come on, he has a great point. I totally get it. I mean, think about Mike Huckabee in bed with any man. ICK!
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drunkpeter
June 21, 2010 12:32 PM
Gotta give him props, though. It's time for the anti-gay-marriage crowd to just come out and admit it. Gay marriage is not morally wrong, it's not damaging to children, and it's not harmful to the institution of straight marriage. They just think gay sex is icky.
I have to admit, I also find gay sex to be a bit icky, but that's no reason for it to be illegal. Christ, I'm not about to advocate criminalizing eating snails, and that shit makes me want to vomit.
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Signalman
June 21, 2010 12:33 PM
I think that Brussels sprouts are pretty icky. Will Gov. Huckabee help me sponsor a Constitutional amendment to do away with them? If he needs some convincing, I bet he'll believe that some people actually want to marry them and adopt children. That ought to be all the convincing he needs, and then I'll never have to see those damned things at dinnertime again.
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jeffgee
June 21, 2010 12:40 PM
What was the Ick factor for Mrs H. when Mike was a XXXL?
Here's some advice for the Huckster-
Don't like icky sex?
Don't have it
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Winston Smith
June 21, 2010 12:44 PM
Huckabee goes on to say that "some pretty startling studies" show that "monogamous marriage" is the way to end poverty.
Let me guess: Heritage Foundation? Americans for Prosperity? Family Research Council?
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pstamler
June 21, 2010 12:45 PM
Redefining marriage...let's see, how about King Solomon? I don't think we define marriage the way he did.
There's the story of the guy in adult Sunday School; the teacher said, "Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines, and he fed them all on ambrosia."
"Never mind that," said the student. "What did he eat?"
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Kristen Urt
June 21, 2010 12:53 PM
An open letter to Mike Huckabee.
Ick factor? Just what is icky about the person I choose to love? Oh…you mean it’s icky when we get shit spouted at us while walking down the street simply because we’re holding hands? It’s icky when we are harassed and assaulted by some meathead redneck? It’s icky when my insurance won’t cover my partner? It’s icky when I’m bared from visiting my partner in the ICU? It’s icky when my partner is FIRED from her job of 12 years serving her county, simply because of who she loves? Is it icky when I hold her and try to calm her tears of maddening frustration and anger from the endless legal obstacles that ANY straight couple would overcome by paying a tiny fee for a marriage license?
Tell me, Huck, just what is icky about the above? Nothing you say? Just what kind of god do you worship that sanctions abuse, discrimination, and the encouragement of hatred? No, don’t answer that, I know exactly what the modern perverted organized religions is all about – I spent too many years as its prisoner. What would your so-called King of Peace say about abuse, discrimination, and the encouragement of hatred? You may wish to look in the mirror and think about that before answering.
So, is it icky that despite all of the above, two people have bound their lives together out of love, and exchanged personal vows that their union will be forever? Is that kind of lifelong commitment icky?
Ohhhh, I know, it’s icky because we share our deep lasting love with tenderness, passion, and joy.
Yeah, I can see how our love is icky to you.
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ema
June 21, 2010 1:06 PM
Huckabee, on the campaign trail (emphasis mine):
"[Some of my opponents] do not want to change the Constitution, but I believe it's a lot easier to change the constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God, and that's what we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than try to change God's standards...."
For a person who openly advocates theocracy, does Gov. Huckabee really want to get into a discussion of the ick factor?
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Mimits
June 21, 2010 1:12 PM
Wait, what about the adoption comment? Does the fact that my husband and I adopted our daughter make her invalid? Were the three miscarriages and one ectopic pregnancy an act of God because I'm a progressive? Should I return my beautiful, healthy and happy 16 year old daughter to the pound like an unwanted puppy? This man is really sick, and really stupid.
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Technowitch
June 21, 2010 1:20 PM
A bigot is as a bigot does.
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freaktown
June 21, 2010 1:42 PM
"gays are icky, and they have cooties too"
i love how that passes for an argument against gay marriage in the 21st century.
an intellectual giant huckabee is not.
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richsuga
June 21, 2010 1:45 PM
I think Huckabee is spot on!
You people just want to hate on him because of your uber-liberal mentality that you can just bulldoze everything this country has stood for during the past 230+ years and remake it according to your likings.
You have won over much of the media, but your problem is that the vast majority of the public is still against you.
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Matt Jones
June 21, 2010 2:14 PM in reply to richsuga
Wow, you went to the trouble of creating an account *just* to troll on this post. Do you get extra credit at Bubba's School of Creation Science and Biblical Literalism for commenting, or have the animals in your neighborhood learned to run at the sound of your zipper?
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richsuga
June 21, 2010 2:30 PM in reply to Matt Jones
Hey Matt,
It would appear that you are intelligent enough to do better than non sequitur (i.e. the creation science stuff which I am certainly no fan of) and ad hominem (i.e. the puerile reference to bestiality).
Rich
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Humantyphoon
June 21, 2010 2:41 PM in reply to richsuga
Did you not see the post above quoting Hickabee dismissing the constitution in favor of g-d's law? Where in our constitution does it say marriage is between a man and a woman?? I recall that our country was founded to get away from ridiculous religious persecution. Denying the right of Gays to get married has no rational basis, and thus our 200+ years of constitutional law would indicate you are wrong.
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richsuga
June 21, 2010 2:54 PM in reply to Humantyphoon
Sure it has a rational basis and constitutional precedent. We just so happen to live in society where people get a say as to what becomes law. If you convince enough people that their beliefs are wrong, then you'll have a majority and you can legally redefine marriage however you would like. My point was that you're not there yet, and despite what you want to believe, you've got quite a way to go when you look at the actual opinion polls. Quite a few people think that the God of the Bible meant what He said when he deemed homosexuality immoral, unnatural and an abomination. You can argue until you are blue in the face that people *shouldn't* see it this way, but the fact of the matter is that so many do, and to this group, the "ick factor" will likely be insurmountable.
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richsuga
June 21, 2010 3:22 PM in reply to richsuga
Okay, honestly I was just playing devil's advocate. I agree with you all in principle if not in your tendency to sound off a bit too much.
I just happened to see the link to this article on a facebook friend's wall, decided to check it out and was a bit surprised by the degree of group think found in the comments section.
Oh well...wasting my time at this point. Enjoy! :)
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Humantyphoon
June 21, 2010 3:24 PM in reply to richsuga
Your argument is getting capricious. I think you are wrong on both counts. First, laws can change through the supreme court. See Brown v. Board. In addition the SCOTUS can strike down laws the majority vote on. Not to mention that we are republic and not a direct democracy, so it is only the reps votes that count. I am speaking strictly on a federal level because that is what we are currently debating. I also think that the populace is shifting toward equal right for gay couples. I mean if Iowa has gay marriage come on.
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Signalman
June 21, 2010 5:05 PM in reply to richsuga
"We just so happen to live in society where people get a say as to what becomes law."
Uh, no.
If the majority wants to enshrine discrimination into law, the courts are bound to strike that down as unconstitutional. Equal protection under the law and all that sort of thing, you understand. Our wise Founders knew that giving unfettered power to the majority would lead to tyranny.
I'm sure you'd understand if you were on the minority side of that equation and a bunch of folks wanted to make it illegal for you to get married, serve in the military, etc.
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Signalman
June 21, 2010 5:08 PM in reply to richsuga
If you're going to moan about ad hominem attacks, then perhaps you shouldn't have come in here swinging them around yourself, Champ.
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Kristin126
June 21, 2010 2:53 PM in reply to richsuga
This country used to stand for the idea that a married woman was property--the property of her husband. We've "redefined" marriage so that is no longer the case.
Maybe it's time for another redefinition, and let gays marry if they so choose.
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Signalman
June 21, 2010 4:59 PM in reply to richsuga
No, we want to hate on him because he's a holier-than-thou butthole.
Please try harder to pay attention; we don't want to have to explain things twice or use only words of two syllables or less.
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richsuga
June 21, 2010 6:40 PM in reply to Signalman
I guess you didn't get around to reading the rest of my posts. You must have been too busy thumbing through your thesaurus for words that would make you sound more intelligent. It's okay--we're on the same side. You can stop insulting me now. LOL.
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Leftflank
June 22, 2010 9:33 AM in reply to richsuga
What part of being a rude jerk don't you understand makes people respond to you rudely?
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Signalman
June 22, 2010 10:24 AM in reply to richsuga
"I guess you didn't get around to reading the rest of my posts."
No, I don't usually bother to read someone's entire posting history before replying to them. Of course, YMMV.
"You must have been too busy thumbing through your thesaurus"
I have a hale and hearty vocabulary, and rarely have need of a thesaurus. You, however, probably think that a thesaurus is a reptilian of the Cretaceous Era, most easily distinguished by its dangling participles.
"for words that would make you sound more intelligent."
My intelligence is what it is, regardless of your -- or anyone else's -- opinion of it. If you care to debate, then let's go.
"It's okay--we're on the same side."
I don't believe so, but I remain open to persuasion.
"You can stop insulting me now. LOL."
I think I'll reserve judgment on that until I see a bit more of your behavior. I'm not yet convinced that you won't make a good online chew-toy for me.
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Signalman
June 21, 2010 5:27 PM in reply to richsuga
"your problem is that the vast majority of the public is still against you. "
Your problem is that you haven't figured out that that's changed. It's just a matter of time until laws and public policy catch up.
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Kristin126
June 21, 2010 2:04 PM
Methinks the Huckster spends way too much time thinking about the sex lives of other people.
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Sami
June 21, 2010 3:47 PM in reply to Kristin126
methinks what youthinks is right on the money. he doth protest way tooooo much. and a tad childlike too no? This guy gives me the icks bigtime.
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MollyNYC
June 24, 2010 9:51 AM in reply to Kristin126
In fairness, there are a lot of comments here about his sex life--but those comments are all about the presumed ickiness of his and his wife's weight issues and personal attractiveness, which isn't much better.
However, are we to understand from his remarks that the Huckabees have never had any other sort of sex? That he's been married 40 years and has never had a BJ?
Now, that's icky.
And really sad.
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barnacle
June 21, 2010 4:34 PM
Ick factor. When he says that you just know he's visualizing anal sex between men. I think he gets off on broadcasting that image.
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tmiller
June 21, 2010 6:32 PM
You know when a Republican starts in with this level of gay bashing, its only a matter of time before their own gay sex scandal is public. When this happens, I want to be the one to shove a microphone in his face and ask how he got over the "ick factor"
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sherifffruitfly
June 21, 2010 10:07 PM
I find mushrooms icky. I think they should be federally banned as well.
Oh, wait. That's fucking stupid.
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billstewart
June 21, 2010 10:53 PM in reply to sherifffruitfly
The fun ones are already banned....
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MarinCat
June 21, 2010 11:13 PM
Tryin' to kick the wing nut sh@t globs off yer white ass Dixie cracker clogs ain't gonna play with the real real Americans. Off the bus with you crypto Confederate Huckabee.
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gerard
June 21, 2010 11:28 PM
"Male and female are biologically compatible to have a relationship. We can get into the ick factor..."
I think he meant the ick factor of icky human sexuality in general, not specifically gay people. As if he were talking to a class full of 2nd graders. On his way to saying that because it doesn't "work the same" (read: doesn't produce babies, the only reason for icky human sexuality in the first place), it should be illegal.
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Trout01
June 22, 2010 8:48 AM
Immorality: the morality of others that are having a better time. H. L. Mencken
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Leftflank
June 22, 2010 9:35 AM
The huckster is preaching to which choir? Save the Gay Fat Whales for Jesus?
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ZeraLee
June 23, 2010 1:12 AM
"Children are not puppies."
How condescending! Let's just leave the kids in foster care. Better that than a loving family that offends his prejudices. Not.
If he is so concerned about reproductive biology, if the ability to reproduce is key, then maybe infertile traditional couples should not be allowed to marry either. Where would it end?
I do not think that there is any Oath or Affirmation that he could swear or affirm which could convince me that he would put down his Bible and treat the Constitution as the highest law of the land.
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bibimimi
June 23, 2010 8:45 PM
Did Huckabee just 'out' himself?
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Ryuu
August 27, 2010 12:26 PM
"No culture in the history of mankind has ever tried to redefine marriage"? Bullshit. Marriage used to be equivalent to kidnapping. Women couldn't even veto their own marriages until the 10th century. And the idea of modern marriage he's thinking of has only existed about 100 years.
Also, citation for those studies please?
No, children aren't puppies. We're talking about gays here, Huckabee, not Furries.
In other words... EPIC FAIL.
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