Comments on: Church/State Separation Questions for the Presidential Candidates http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/01/11/churchstate-separation-questions-for-the-presidential-candidates/ by Hemant Mehta Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: aidan http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/01/11/churchstate-separation-questions-for-the-presidential-candidates/#comment-114081 aidan Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:25:48 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/01/11/churchstate-separation-questions-for-the-presidential-candidates/#comment-114081 Good question for Huckabee. Although it may have to be asked in bite sized chunks just so he understands it all. This is a man who has said he will use the position of president of the United States as "a bully pulpit" and who claims gay marriage will "end civilization". <blockquote> "Ten years ago, it would have been unimaginable to have gay marriage even in liberal Massachusetts. Now it’s there ... There’s never been a civilization that has rewritten what marriage and family means and survived."</blockquote> It is absurd to claim that the fate of former civilizations is somehow a litmus test for assessing the moral status LGBT unions in today's society. But this is the type of false analogy Huckabee will deal in to support his prejudices. Nothing like ignoring cultural and legal progress to suit your bigotry. Good question for Huckabee. Although it may have to be asked in bite sized chunks just so he understands it all. This is a man who has said he will use the position of president of the United States as “a bully pulpit” and who claims gay marriage will “end civilization”.

“Ten years ago, it would have been unimaginable to have gay marriage even in liberal Massachusetts. Now it’s there … There’s never been a civilization that has rewritten what marriage and family means and survived.”

It is absurd to claim that the fate of former civilizations is somehow a litmus test for assessing the moral status LGBT unions in today’s society. But this is the type of false analogy Huckabee will deal in to support his prejudices. Nothing like ignoring cultural and legal progress to suit your bigotry.

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