Homophobe in denial: Why it’s important to call Mike Huckabee the H word

[DonViejo]

"I'm not homophobic," the presidential contender claims. Lies or self-delusion? Either way, here's the real issue

KATIE MCDONOUGH

Mike Huckabee doesn’t hate gay people — he just loves the Bible. “I’m not against anybody. I’m really not. I’m not a hater. I’m not homophobic,” Huckabee said Tuesday to an audience at the Iowa Faith and Freedom convention, reiterating his opposition to marriage equality. “I honestly don’t care what people do personally in their individual lives.

“When people say, ‘Why don’t you just kind of get on the right side of history?’ I said, ‘You’ve got to understand, this for me is not about the right side or the wrong side of history, this is the right side of the Bible, and unless God rewrites it, edits it, sends it down with his signature on it, it’s not my book to change,’” he explained.

This is a pretty absurd claim. Because of course Mike Huckabee is a homophobe! So is Ken Cuccinelli, Rick Santorum, Marsha Blackburn, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Jan Brewer and a great many other men and women who are currently in positions that allow them to influence and implement policy that sanctions or enacts blatant discrimination against LGBTQ people.

There is actually nothing wrong with stating this explicitly, calling homophobes like Mike Huckabee homophobes. But for some reason, a number of people — on the left and the right — consider taking a position against people who endorse arbitrary discrimination more offensive or aggressive than arbitrary discrimination.

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[GeorgeGist]

1. Pretty absurd to claim there's a book with God's signature on it.

So yep, he's a homophobe.

[spanone]

2. remind him again of the separation of church and state....

[CJCRANE]

3. He needs to accept that his interpretation of the Bible

is just one interpretation.

It's like saying "God told me" which works as an effective argument only until someone else comes along and says "God told me something different".

[Behind the Aegis]

4. Flase conclusion: one must hate gays in order to be homophobic.

It doesn't matter if one 'hates' gays or not, homophobia is more comprehensive than simply hating us. His actions, however, prove two things; one, he is a homophobe, and two, his is a liar.

“I’m not against anybody. I’m really not. I’m not a hater. I’m not homophobic,” Huckabee said Tuesday to an audience at the Iowa Faith and Freedom convention, reiterating his opposition to marriage equality. “I honestly don’t care what people do personally in their individual lives.

Were the two bolded sentences true then he would have no reason to oppose marriage equality.

Hucksterabee is a homophobic liar. Water is wet. Giants are tall.

[closeupready]

5. Agreed. I hate the word 'anti-gay'; it's just a neutered way of being a coward

and not calling a spade a spade. (I mean, in my opinion.)