Huckabee to GQ: Gay Marriage Will End Civilization

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I love that a mostly non-breeding minority of homosexuals on an increasingly over-populated planet is what will spell the end of humankind. If this is really the fruit of his capacity for reason, I don't him anywhere near the levers of power.

"I love that a mostly non-breeding minority of homosexuals on an increasingly over-populated planet is what will spell the end of humankind."

is what i'm saying. dunno if MH is saying this but, this is the line of thinking among many people, isn't it?

it spelt the end of ted haggard's career

I dunno about "many" - they may be a majority at the moment but as noted, that majority is getting old and dying.

Mike Huckabee: No Homo

wasn't the sin of Sodom "inhospitality"?

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xp
so much potential there

My problem with this line of thinking is that marriage, as yet unredefined, is finding it increasingly hard to keep population falling in developed countries already. I knew when they allowed divorce and decriminalized cohabitation we were all going to be fucked.

I don't think overpopulation is really an issue, its more one of resource organization and allocation but whatevs, that's a different thread

Because it [civil unions] really is a precursor toward marriage. Once the government says this relationship is in essence similar to or equal to a marriage—we’re not going to call it that, but that’s what it is—and you grant it the same basic rights as marriage, then you’ve effectively done it.

This is reprehensible.

gay marriage will only lead to the GAYEST KIDS EVER

As a follow-up, I also think gay people should be able to get married, but Huckabee's line of reasoning on civil unions falls somewhere between evil and just indefensible (Why is it not okay for a gay couple to have a civil union that allow one to visit their partner in a nursing home but it is okay for a gay couple to navigate around those restrictions via a power of attorney?; That's very thin reasoning if you're worried -- as Huckabee apparently is -- about protecting the "fabric of society" from homosexuals).

Because at least with power of attorney, there's a possibility of having a conservative, traditionalist (i.e. bigoted) judge overturn/overrule a nursing home visit. It gives more hope to maintaining the status quo than a law granting civil unions would; if such things are decided on a case-by-case basis in the courts, then at least some of them will swing in Huckabee's favor.

how does power of attorney work in this case, Daniel? My dad just got it to handle my grandmother's affairs, but I don't understand the intricacies.

the 'power of attorney' option can really only provide for family visitation / medical / end of life issues, but doesn't provide for the tax and other shared benefits (spousal health insurance, e.g.) that go along with marriage.

Alfred: There are many different uses for a power of attorney ("POA"). It's my understanding that they're used in this context most often when someone can't act on their own behalf; the POA transfers the right to act to someone who is in a better position to take action and make decisions (e.g., they suffer from dementia and can no longer handle their own financial affairs). But POA's aren't used as "backstage passes" in the way Huckabee implies.

To be fair, this isn't my area of the law. Someone else here may know more.

Mike Huckabee: No Homo

-- Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:05 PM

lol

For fuck's sake why didn't the chickenshit reporter challenge him -- cuz his editor worried about a "balanced" article?

-- Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, December 11, 2007 9:57 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

otm

pathetic

i hardly think GQ is a left leaning publication :/

wasn't the sin of Sodom "inhospitality"?

-- Dr Morbius, Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:05 PM

Yeah. As I recall the Angels showed up in Sodom and hung out at Lot's place. Everybody in Sodom was like "let us see (rape?) these angels, guy," and he said "rape my daughters instead, they're virgins!"

And then God killed everybody in Sodom except for Lot & his daughters, either because they were gay or because they wanted to "know" the angels, depending on who you ask.

Angels R HOTTTTT

how does Suckabee feel about man-on-angel sex

has there ever been a metal band called Angelrape?

(fwiw Jewish interpretations of Sodom & Gomorrah don't have this preoccupation with homosexuality - its more to do with the city generally being full of assholes)

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ew

I'd be okay with God smiting Meg Ryan.

Nic Cage too.

I Fart Fuckabees

I love people who don't know the true roots of marriage..aka, that it was oft a practice for economic purposes and not romantic purposes!

and that it didn't originate in the church, but ok he didn't say anything about that in the quote above.

flambee the fucker

I Fart Fuckabees

New campaign slogan? Alliteration rules.

Huckabee=pencil dick

lol good one

Huck sure loves his fried chicken.

So much for his health kick.

In related news, Chic-Fil-A Debuts New Homophobic Sandwich

My first and only trip to this joint last year resulted in my first bout of nausea in years. Christianism and bugger gastric juices are a volatile mix.

I love Chik Fil A and am bummed that I am going to have to stop eating there.

Yeah nice try there:

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/558300_509428692416526_72528055_n.jpg

Wait that's an actual outright lie, right?

Well, yes. But I'm sure they would object to anyone putting anything into something else's holes.

unsafe because they promote homosexuality

I guess the 9th Commandment is no longer operative so long as Gays Are Icky.

All of the people who are bummed about Chick-Fil-A: did they think this was a progressive organization?

This reminds me of when I sadly could no longer get the tofu sandwich at Your Black Muslim Bakery because they murdered a journalist.

also people who are bummed about chick-fil-a: it's just shitty fried chicken, you can get pretty much the same thing at mcdonald's or popeyes or kfc without directly funding a publicly homophobic company

Hooray for tribalism

i dunno n/a their (admittedly msg-laden) grilled chicken is actually quite tasty, though not _so_ tasty that i'll regret not giving them any of my money.

Homo-Fil-A

this whole thing is really reminding me of the terry shiavo thing for some reason

because it's so fucking stupid, is the reason, probably.

Yes, and it's another skirmish for people desperately wanting to prove that they're not victims of modernity by bolstering themselves and loudly chanting their tribal affinity and righteousness to drown out any possible internal doubt or anxiety.

Check the Slacktivist link I posted a coupla days ago; American conservative/Republican/evangelical culture is _all_ about declaring the correct Stances, and ostracizing those who don't reaffirm some plank as zealously as others.

Looks like from that picture gallery there is a competition about which congressman can prove they are the most "conservative" by having the most chick fil a bags on their desks.

Feel like this is the Stand with Chik-Fil-A standing in for Las Vegas.

Here, this gawker bit is good:

All Meals Are Possible Through Christ: Hate-Bingeing on the Chicken

...People gathered to celebrate the wonder-working power of redemption through Christ—which, instead of what all those pipe-organ songs seem to suggest, is cause for intense, simmering resentment.

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Indeed, you could be forgiven for assuming that this was solely a protest in favor of religion, but it was as much about Free Market Jesus as it was about the original version, with the poor people and the repudiation of material things. A large motivating factor for the Chick-Fil-A celebrants was aggrieved rhetoric from the far right that portrayed gay activist groups as violating or suppressing the First Amendment in two ways. One, that citizens boycotting a business constitutes active suppression of speech, and that Obama/The Gays/The Left were "criminalizing" pro-Christian speech. Two, that the original text of the First Amendment read, "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, unless that speech or assembly affects a corporation's bottom line."

i ate at CFA on wednesday but didnt find out until afterwards that it was hate-a-homo day. it wasnt any busier than it usually is at lunchtime on a weekday. i ate there the next day too

I hope you introduced yourself.

isn't it illegal to ingest CAF products more than once a week?

Hungry4Ass&Chicken

lol

"hello my name is hungry4ass and I am hear to share chicken with you"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF00qCIGe04

has this been posted yet

argh typo

wow xp

ugh

Yay tribalism

it'd be depressing if it weren't so hilarious

A lot of Eagle Scouts have been sending their medals back in protest of Boy Scout policy. I suppose I'd do this, too, but I have no idea where my Eagle Scout medal is.

I might have my Second Class badge around somewhere...

https://sites.google.com/site/chickenoffset/

Surprise!

http://chicagophoenix.com/2012/09/18/chick-fil-a-agrees-to-end-anti-gay-donations-mandates-equal-treatment-of-gays/