Huckabee: Gay-Rights Movement 'Won't Stop Until There Are No Churches'

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) said on Wednesday that gay-rights activists wouldn't be satisfied until there are no more churches or Christians in America.

“It won’t stop until there are no more churches, until there are no more people who are spreading the Gospel,” Huckabee said on a right-wing radio program while discussing the backlash against anti-gay religious-freedom legislation in Arkansas and Indiana.

"I’m talking now about the unabridged, unapologetic Gospel that is really God’s truth," he said.

Huckabee made the remarks during an appearance on the conservative Family Research Council radio program “Washington Watch with Tony Perkins." Earlier in the program, he accused critics of the legislation of engaging in "true discrimination" and seizing on a "manufactured" crisis.

Listen below via Right Wing Watch:

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mike-huckabee-gay-no-churches

[allan01]

1. again he puteth his foot in his mouth

[olegramps]

32. He defames Jesus with the hated he spews in His name.

People who belief these charlatans are nothing more than pathetic fools that are enriching their masters.

[Journeyman]

2. And yet, the Episcopalian Church down the block welcomes everyone -- gays too . . .

[progressoid]

28. Presbyterians too.

http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2015/03/18/presbyterians-approve-gay-marriage-in-church-constitution

[arcane1]

29. The Episcopal church my family attends had a same-sex wedding recently

It's a very narrow section of the country that Huck is addressing.

[Gore1FL]

3. It's an admirable goal, but I don't think that is part of the Gay rights agenda. n/t

[Bucky]

15. Ƹ^__

[Blanks]

41. Lol.

[guillaumeb]

4. when he talked about a "manufactured crisis"

was he talking about the

"war on religion"
or the "war on Christmas"?

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Poor, deranged Huck. He doesn't understand that nobody cares about

his churches which preach anything but the true 'Gospel' of Jesus Christ.

[wendylaroux]

6. People like him,

will bring down the churches.
Dimwitted little man.

[greymattermom]

7. my brother in law

is in a relationship with an African American Lutheran Bishop.

[rickford66]

42. If the Bishop is a male, your BIL hit the Trifecta

[RKP5637]

8. What a F'en blithering fool! n/t

[Bucky]

9. My Christian friends are so angry about the way hatred is hijacking their faith

What's sad is that Huckabee used to be a better man than that. The hunger for power and position within the Party of Hate has tempted him away from what is supposed to be a philosophy of love and redemption.

[Politicalboi]

10. If only that would really happen

All those moochers who get free money for spewing hate each Sunday. Man, these creeps must not have much faith anymore to think a small minority can take down their almighty "god". They're going to do it all by themselves with this crazy talk.

[Arugula Latte]

40. I'm hoping this will happen here...Religion fizzles out, churches are turned into cool bars:

http://www.businessinsider.com/churches-in-england-are-being-converted-to-bars-photos-2014-3

[ChazInAz]

45. I'm an actor.

Sometimes I look at a church and think "That building should be put to a good use, such as a theater."

[Arugula Latte]

48. That would definitely be a change for the better.

I mean, if people are going to spout fiction in a church, it might as well be true drama instead of mythology propaganda.

[hibbing]

11. Just who is getting into whose bidness?

Is it desperation on the part of all these nutjobs or what? There is no way they are going to stop progress in regard to this issue. The constant lashing out at non-existent threats would be comical if they didn't have all their gerrymadered cohorts in state legislatures across the country.

Peace

[McCamy Taylor]

12. Huckabee is the one giving churches a bad rep. Will some real Christians shut him up, please?

[PatrynXX]

13. ol Mike reads from wrong book

oops

[randr]

14. Truly out of his mind

Hatred and fear poison hearts and it is evident that these hearts are sick.

[silverweb]

16. ...

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]And he doesn't expect angry backlash against this bold-faced lie from churches who have LGBT members?

Keep talking, Hucksterbee.

What an idiot!

[Coventina]

18. Good grief! It's as if he actually believes that there are no gay Christians.

[Zorra]

19. He suffers from severe psychosis. He has paranoid delusions compounded by a

persecution complex.

Not a single thing that he said has any connection with reality.

[Bluenorthwest]

20. He insults LGBT people and millions of Christians with his usual casual venom.

Huck is a real piece of work, in '92 he was wanting to put people with HIV in quarantine camps. This is years after everyone knew the parameters of transmission and even Ronald Reagan had said there was no risk of transmission from casual contact. There was absolutely nothing behind his words but hate, and when he was called out on that in 2012 he defended his statements.

[brett_jv]

21. OR ... churches could give up their irrational hate & bigotry on the same basis ...

that they eventually gave up their hatred of the idea of a round earth that revolves 'round the sun, and the eating of shellfish, and the wearing clothing of made of mixed fabrics, etc.

If they refuse to, then they simply will be 'at odds' with gay people. Forever.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

22. No one is trying to get rid of churches, but keep it up and they may. Dumb feeble-brained charlatan

[vkkv]

23. If God has the power to create the earth and universe within 7 days

Why would God create LGBTs?

Or anyone that good Christians hate?

poison oak?.... or hayfever? Achhooooo!

[jeff47]

30. Those are challenges for that person's life!

See, those people afflicted with those challenges have to overcome them to show how great they are to God.

Because somehow, an omniscient being wouldn't be able to tell how great someone is unless there was a painful and difficult test.

[slumcamper]

24. S'pose Mike will next issue a GoFundMe plea to his flock of sheeple?

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

25. Mr. Huckabee....

Mr. Huckabee, what you have just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

[Jack Rabbit]

26. Come back when you want to talk sense, Governor

And stop channeling Sarah Palin.

[angrychair]

27. from your lips

To the sky daddy's ears!

[yellowcanine]

31. Oh well where to start? Never mind. STFU Mike.

[stillwaiting]

33. He's such a damned demagogue. So full of shit.

I know that many people will believe him and believe this shit, but it truly does boggle the mind.

It's so far removed from reality.

[olegramps]

34. No more relgious charlatins. Now that is noble cause I could whole heartedly support.

[eppur_se_muova]

35. If only. nt

[JEB]

36. Churches are fine,

its the bigots that need to go. Got it Huckster?

[calimary]

37. Just more "Fear 'n' Smear".

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

38. ... the rocks and stones themselves, would start to sing!

Jesus Christ Superstar "Hosannah"


Wow, gays can do what adulterating drunken whoremonger whisperers could never do while fornicating and bearing false witness.

Who would think simply 'being gay' could wipe out churches in such a short time with so little effort?

[LiberalArkie]

39. Thank God he is no longer in Arkansas. If Fox would just hire the rest of them out of here.

[mike_c]

43. he says that like it's a bad thing....

eom

[awoke_in_2003]

44. Like that's a bad thing?

[on point]

46. I didn't realize all that rock solid faith was really hanging by a fragile gossamer thread

[tclambert]

47. That's right! It's just like Jesus said about gay people:

Um, hang on, I'm trying to look up relevant verses now. Huh, it seems Jesus never addressed the issue directly. But surely Jesus WOULD HAVE hated gay people, since his teachings were all about who we should hate. Like it says in Matthew . . . okay, I couldn't find anything in Matthew, or Mark, or Luke, or John. I don't think this concordance website is working right.

Well, never mind, everybody knows the Bible has a liberal bias.

[Monk06]

49. The big lie keeps getting bigger and bigger. Next the International Conspiracy of Gay Bankers.