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Title: Huckabee On Gay Commitment
Post by: Natasha on December 31, 2007, 01:13:06 PM
Huckabee On Gay Commitment

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/12/huckabee-on-g-1.html
12/31/2007

Here's his attempt to explain why he's not a bigot:

"What one's sin is, means it's missing the mark. It's missing the bull's eye, the perfect point. I miss it every day; we all do. The perfection of God is seen in a marriage in which one man, one woman live together as a couple committed to each other as life partners. Now, even married couples don't do that perfectly, so sin is not some act of equating people with being murderers or rapists..."
Title: Re: Huckabee On Gay Commitment
Post by: Keira on December 31, 2007, 01:58:42 PM

Wow, Huckabee misses the mark every day, just what's needed in a president.

Rhetorically, he's a lightweight that huckabee fellow...
Title: Re: Huckabee On Gay Commitment
Post by: BeverlyAnn on December 31, 2007, 03:32:43 PM
What scares me is you could be looking at the Republican nominee for president.  When you think about it, America is not going to elect a Mormon (no offense to any of you who are LDS), Giuliani is too New York for most of the country and McCain, while well respected, is pretty much viewed as too old.  Fred Dalton Thompson may be the smartest of the bunch but he doesn't do very well without rehearsals and a script.  I just hope that we aren't witnessing the birth of Nehemiah Scudder here (see Robert Heinlein's If This Goes On

Beverly

Title: Re: Huckabee On Gay Commitment
Post by: NicholeW. on December 31, 2007, 05:09:28 PM
Hopefully none of us will need bother about who the Republican nominee is. Hilary or Obama will beat any of them (wish, wish.)

BTW, is Huckabee a relative of that blue cartoon dog I saw as a child? Huckabee Hound.
Title: Re: Huckabee On Gay Commitment
Post by: Kat on December 31, 2007, 05:21:10 PM
i think you are thinking of huckleberry hound :P
Title: Re: Huckabee On Gay Commitment
Post by: NicholeW. on December 31, 2007, 06:03:29 PM
Kat!!! You hardly look old enough to have known!!! *smile* O, Nick, I spoz? hahahahaha

But, wasn't that dawg from Arknasas as well?
Title: Re: Huckabee On Gay Commitment
Post by: Purple Pimp on December 31, 2007, 08:26:48 PM
Speaking of cartoons, I cannot look at Thompson without seeing Frankenberry.  Spooky.

Lia
Title: Re: Huckabee On Gay Commitment
Post by: Lisbeth on January 02, 2008, 12:42:28 PM
If, "The perfection of God is seen in a marriage in which one man, one woman live together as a couple committed to each other as life partners," how come god is a polyamorus triad?
Title: Re: Huckabee On Gay Commitment
Post by: tekla on January 02, 2008, 12:55:53 PM
"Hopefully none of us will need bother about who the Republican nominee is. Hilary or Obama will beat any of them (wish, wish.) "


We beat them the last two times for all the good that did.
Title: Re: Huckabee On Gay Commitment
Post by: NicholeW. on January 02, 2008, 03:29:12 PM
Kerry won the popular vote? My, maybe I SHOULD start watching tv. Missed that entirely.

N~
Title: Re: Huckabee On Gay Commitment
Post by: Hazumu on January 02, 2008, 11:13:23 PM
Quote from: BeverlyAnn on December 31, 2007, 03:32:43 PMFred Dalton Thompson may be the smartest of the bunch but he doesn't do very well without rehearsals and a script.
Reminds me of a nasty broadcaster trick -- get access to the teleprompter script and change it so it turns to nonsense or worse yet, obscenities.  Most rip-and-read actors won't catch themselves until too late.

...just a thought...

<ahem>

Huckabee is hung up on/turned on by procreation, that's what I think.

Karen
Title: Re: Huckabee On Gay Commitment
Post by: Brenda on January 03, 2008, 07:59:37 AM
I'm rereading 'The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress'.  Trying to get ready for coming events.  >:D
Title: Re: Huckabee On Gay Commitment
Post by: Lisbeth on January 03, 2008, 09:48:14 AM
Quote from: Brenda on January 03, 2008, 07:59:37 AM
I'm rereading 'The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress'.  Trying to get ready for coming events.  >:D
You're not the only one who is thinking that way.
Title: Re: Huckabee On Gay Commitment
Post by: Pica Pica on January 03, 2008, 09:54:36 AM
Quote from: Lisbeth on January 02, 2008, 12:42:28 PM
If, "The perfection of God is seen in a marriage in which one man, one woman live together as a couple committed to each other as life partners," how come god is a polyamorus triad?

Big smiles at that....a good question which God shiftily avoids on all chat shows I've seen him on.
Title: Re: Huckabee On Gay Commitment
Post by: nickie on January 03, 2008, 08:38:28 PM
Okay, I was going to be quiet, but since you started it...Edwards is the only one who has addressed GLBT issues (T is what I care about, of course), except for some things that Dennis K has said.
Title: Re: Huckabee On Gay Commitment
Post by: Sarah on January 04, 2008, 03:12:24 AM
Quote from: Natasha on December 31, 2007, 01:13:06 PM
Huckabee On Gay Commitment

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/12/huckabee-on-g-1.html
12/31/2007

Here's his attempt to explain why he's not a bigot:

"What one's sin is, means it's missing the mark. It's missing the bull's eye, the perfect point. I miss it every day; we all do. The perfection of God is seen in a marriage in which one man, one woman live together as a couple committed to each other as life partners. Now, even married couples don't do that perfectly, so sin is not some act of equating people with being murderers or rapists..."

ROFL :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: Huckabee On Gay Commitment
Post by: Jay on January 04, 2008, 04:31:30 AM
Quote from: Natasha on December 31, 2007, 01:13:06 PM
Huckabee On Gay Commitment

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/12/huckabee-on-g-1.html
12/31/2007

Here's his attempt to explain why he's not a bigot:

"What one's sin is, means it's missing the mark. It's missing the bull's eye, the perfect point. I miss it every day; we all do. The perfection of God is seen in a marriage in which one man, one woman live together as a couple committed to each other as life partners. Now, even married couples don't do that perfectly, so sin is not some act of equating people with being murderers or rapists..."



PFFFTTTT  >:D
Title: Re: Huckabee On Gay Commitment
Post by: BrandiOK on January 04, 2008, 11:37:54 AM
  Hmmm....*thinks about the result of conservative republican power so far* and decides if this country goes from that fiasco to voting in another conservative republican who trumps GW because this one is an ordained baptist preacher (Huckabee) then I'm moving back to Canada. 

http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/1998/jun/08/huckabee-us-gave-religion/

  "The reason we have so much government is because we have so much broken humanity," he said. "And the reason we have so much broken humanity is because sin reigns in the hearts and lives of human beings instead of the Savior." - Mike Huckabee

  I have no problems with leaders who are religious but I have serious problems with religious leaders.
 

*looks around for my maple leaf flag to wave just in case* 

P.S. Go Hillary!
Title: Re: Huckabee On Gay Commitment
Post by: karmatic1110 on January 04, 2008, 11:26:05 PM
Quote from: nickie on January 03, 2008, 08:38:28 PM
Okay, I was going to be quiet, but since you started it...Edwards is the only one who has addressed GLBT issues (T is what I care about, of course), except for some things that Dennis K has said.

Actually Obama addresses it as well in his stance on civil rights.  He includes it in his proposal for tougher hate crimes and anti-discriminatory measures.