Mike Huckabee: Gay Marriage Ruling Is 'Illegal' Because It Confuses People

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Mike Huckabee: Gay Marriage Ruling Is 'Illegal' Because It Confuses People

As Steve Benen noted yesterday after Mike Huckabee claimed that the Dred Scott decision is still the “law of the land” and is just being ignored by elected officials, when it comes to the implementation of marriage equality, the GOP presidential candidate has invented “his own brand of crackpot civics.”

Huckabee put his made-up civics beliefs on full display in an interview yesterday with the Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins in which he claimed that Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear could “very simply” fix the situation with Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who has refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, by removing clerks’ names from marriage licenses altogether … while simultaneously claiming that the governor actually has no authority to do so.

This, Huckabee explained, shows why the Supreme Court’s ruling on marriage equality was “so illegal … because this has left the whole country in a state of ambiguity and confusion.”

“The governor can fix this very simply by simply saying he’ll change the form,” Huckabee said. “Now the question is, does he have the authority to do that? And if so, under what authority? This is where this all gets very confusing. And it’s why the haste to rush into implementing same-sex marriage is so ridiculous and, frankly, Tony, it’s why it’s so illegal is because this has left the whole country in a state of ambiguity and confusion.”

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Except only ignorant bigoted theocrats are confused about civil rights...

[PatrickforO]

1. This odious man.

Ick. It's just hard to find words for such profound stupidity.

[GOLGO 13]

2. Well, confederate flags are coming down & rainbow flags are going up.

So Senator Lindsay Graham is completely confused right now.

[NowSam]

3. Marriage equality. Not confusing at all.

That is about as crystal clear as it gets. Most laws are convoluted messes that are constantly reinterpreted because they are purposefully ambiguous. Acts of congress are called acts because its all theater.

Our law books are full of confusing language and many laws even contradict each other. Labor Code, Tax Code, municipal, state and federal laws - a maze. A rabbit hole. The for profit prison system loves this because it any time a legal authority wants to round someone up they can and find some statute or law to support that.

The Supreme Court Decision on Marriage is clear. Huckabee is despicable and is stirring the pot because it is the only way he keeps his profile public. He panders to the haters who masquerade behind the name Jesus Christ. They have co opted Christianity.