Washington – Huckabee: Accepting Gay Marriage Akin To Asking Jews To Serve Bacon In Kosher Delis

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    FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, file photo, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks during the Freedom Summit, in Des Moines, Iowa. Huckabee says gay marriage is akin to alcohol and profanity _ options the Republican weighing a 2016 presidential bid says are appealing to others, but not to him. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)Washington – Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Sunday said gay marriage is akin to alcohol and profanity — options he says are appealing to others but not to him.

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    The former Baptist pastor, who is weighing a second run for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, also claimed that forcing people of faith to accept gay marriage as policy is on par with telling Jews that they must serve “bacon-wrapped shrimp in their deli.” That dish would run afoul of kosher rules in the same way Huckabee sees asking Christians to accept same-sex marriages.

    “We’re so sensitive to make sure we don’t offend certain religions, but then we act like Christians can’t have the convictions that they have had for over 2,000 years,” Huckabee said.

    Huckabee has made cultural issues the cornerstone of his likely White House bid. The former Baptist pastor is counting on social conservatives and evangelicals who have great clout in early nominating Iowa to help him.

    His comments about gays and lesbians seem targeted at the conservative corners of his party.

    Yet he also included a pitch for inclusion in his remarks.

    Huckabee said he appreciates different viewpoints on gay marriage, adding that he has gay friends.

    “I accept a lot of people as friends maybe whose lifestyle I don’t necessarily adhere to, agree with or practice. Doesn’t mean that I can’t have a good relationship with anyone or lead them or govern them,” Huckabee said.

    But he remained steadfastly opposed to same-sex marriage.

    “I don’t chuck people out of my circle or out of my life because they have a different point of view. I don’t drink alcohol, but, gosh, a lot of my friends, maybe most of them, do. You know, I don’t use profanity, but, believe me, I have got a lot of friends who do,” Huckabee said.

    “Some people really like classical music and ballet and opera. It’s not my cup of tea. I would like to think that there’s room in America for people who have different points of views without screaming, shouting and wanting to shut their businesses down.”

    Such rhetoric is central to Huckabee’s efforts to engage social conservatives.

    In recent weeks, Huckabee has picked fights with the White House over President Barack Obama’s friendship with Beyonce Knowles. Huckabee says the Obama daughters should not treat the entertainer as a role model because she is overly sexual.

    In his latest book, Huckabee also says Beyonce’s husband, rapper Jay-Z, is more of a “pimp” than a spouse.

    Huckabee spoke on CNN’s “State of the Union.”


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    9 years ago

    Finally a breath of fresh air, Not afraid of the fascist left to speak the truth.

    Realistic
    Realistic
    9 years ago

    But this is not a Christian country, and the constitution bans religion from government!

    As a Jew, I’m against gay, but religious issues don’t belong in the government. If I’m not ready to accept gay people, due to my religious convictions, I have the full right to do that. But I can’t then lobby the government, and use my voting power, to force other people to believe the same way I do.

    Ayin_Tachas_Ayin
    Ayin_Tachas_Ayin
    9 years ago

    Finally somebody saying it as it is…

    takeittothem
    takeittothem
    9 years ago

    Gay is not necessarily a religious issue – it’s an issue of: can we redefine the word ‘marriage’. Can we go about to redefine anything we feel like.
    How about redefining marriage – to the point of okaying the union of man and his (hmmm – female or maybe even male) dog – If we can get enough people in the government to agree to that would that be ok?. Where does it all end?

    thegreatone
    thegreatone
    9 years ago

    Go Mike go kudos to you. Our supposed Askonim who dare to speak on our behalf should learn from non-Jew Mike Huckabee not to be afraid to speak out when it comes to this disgusting issue. Its a Shanda that certain Askonim had the nerve to endorse a mayoral candidate who is not ashamed with her manivoles.

    9 years ago

    Great guy, fine ideals, but will never be president of the land whose majority he doesn’t see eye to eye with. Care to admit tor not, just the way it is.

    Ayin_Tachas_Ayin
    Ayin_Tachas_Ayin
    9 years ago

    To #2 – nothing to do with religion. Religion or not, everyone agrees that this world is a continuum, the show needs go on, and the system was setup as male and female procreation. This is a moral issue. The world was not meant to be gay and if it were to become so, the system would become corrupt. We’d be gone in less than a century. Something that goes against everything that makes this world continue on, cannot be considered moral.

    Sometimes I just wish that all liberal leftists would be gay, hence, they wouldn’t procreate and raise some more leftists.

    They need to stop shoving this horrible agenda down our throats, and nobody is interested in gay public affection, it’s nauseating. As a human being, I am disgusted.

    HankM
    HankM
    9 years ago

    Unfortunately saying things like that won’t win elections. Anyhoo, he has my vote

    Mazal1
    Mazal1
    9 years ago

    This yutz does not recognize the new normal. Gay marriage is allowed in many states and all most religion are trying to accommodate gays in some fashion. I resent the Huckster putting Jews in the mix besides we have mock crab and bacos with a hechsher!

    BH_Baby
    BH_Baby
    9 years ago

    No, it is not. I respect you, Huck, but your are wrong on this.
    It would be like a bar refusing service or seats to blacks. (Like they used to do.) Or service or seats to Jews (like they used to do).
    It is not what they serve (such as vodka, rum, etc.) but who they serve (such as blacks, Jews, gays, etc.).

    9 years ago

    Obviously a man of deep principles.

    Geulah
    Geulah
    9 years ago

    The “Gay Rights” issue is a money issue. Their is benefit money, insurance money, burial money, tax money, etc. It’s nothing but a money issue. When a group is not getting their share of the money then all options are exploited to get that share – whether the share is proportional or not – to the group. Stop confusing this with a religious issue as both pro and con sides have abandoned God a long time ago and have chose Benjamins to run their lives.

    torontonian
    torontonian
    9 years ago

    North Americans seem to now be mandated to be so politically correct, as to make an opinion that is different than what seems to be mainstream, heresy.

    Good for Mike Huckabee! Too bad I can’t vote for him.

    gimmeabreak
    gimmeabreak
    9 years ago

    Rubbish. Nobody is forcing Christians, or anyone else, to “accept” gay marriage, nor Jews to serve bacon wrapped shrimp. But if you run a business that accommodates the public then you cannot bar customers based on your beliefs. You can tell your goyishe customer that you don’t serve shrimp or bacon, but that they CAN order the flanken or the pitcha, but you cannot refuse to serve them because they’re Christian, Muslim, or gay.

    ModernLakewoodGuy
    ModernLakewoodGuy
    9 years ago

    sorry but the govt has no business preventing two consenting adults from marrying. And comparing acceptance of gay marriage to serving bacon in a kosher deli is probably the stupidist thing this man has ever said (and trust me, he has said many stupid things). A kosher deli is a business following specific religion guidelines. A government is the PEOPLE following NO religious rules or guidelines.

    Its time to get off the wrong side of history and move on. The mike huckabees of 75 years ago compared allowing blacks and whites to marry to serving bacon in a deli, and the mike huckabees of 200 years ago compared allow black people to not be owned by anyone to serving bacon in a kosher deli.

    bewhiskered
    bewhiskered
    9 years ago

    “….. Also claimed that forcing people of faith to accept gay marriage as policy is on par with telling Jews that they must serve bacon-wrapped shrimp in their deli.”

    Yes, that is why חז”ל say יש תורה בגוים אל תאמן. That is, משכב זכר is דיני נפשות, while eating מאכלים אסורים is a לאו. The last thing anyone in this country needs is the נוצרי theocracy that this Huckabee wants to impose down everyone’s throats. He’d push for נצרות being the national religion, and would introduce an inquisition that would make the Spanish one look like a birthday party. Sure, many here like him because he’s anti gay. But, that alone is no reason to vote for this נוצרי fundamentalist who, like his other fellow extremists, wants to see every Jew convert to his נצרות.