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Huckabee likens gay marriage to incest, drugs, and polygamy

*gasp* noooooh!
There's hateful stuff in the bible?

Where? :cool:
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
I disagree. Huckabee is a Bible believing Christian. What you probably don't realize is that there is a lot of very hardcore, and frankly hateful stuff in the Bible. Especially in the Old Testament. Huckabee is not a cafeteria Christian. He takes the whole thing as the literal word of God.
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I still believe a literal interpretation of Jesus' words would not allow anyone to quarantine a population of sick, but fairly non-contagious people.

Now don't get me wrong, I think the Bible, both OT and NT are full of some whacked out, evil stuff, but I think Jesus' view on the sick is pretty clear cut.
 
Aunt Spiker said:
Are there ANY politicians who have fiscal sense but aren't otherwise lunatics?

My pickings are slim for those I support.
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An excellent question! As you have noted, the pickings are slim.

Who will be the GOP pick to run in 2012?
 
Kelzie said:
I still believe a literal interpretation of Jesus' words would not allow anyone to quarantine a population of sick, but fairly non-contagious people.

Now don't get me wrong, I think the Bible, both OT and NT are full of some whacked out, evil stuff, but I think Jesus' view on the sick is pretty clear cut.
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Lepers were quarantined at the time. Jesus just preached about ministering the to sick. He was perfectly fine with keeping lepers separated from society. Granted, he spent time with the sick, such as when they ate dinner with Simon the Leper, but he was perfectly cool with having them quarantined. There is a difference between preaching about ministering to the sick, and telling everyone to bring the lepers back into the village.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
Lepers were quarantined at the time. Jesus just preached about ministering the to sick. He was perfectly fine with keeping lepers separated from society. Granted, he spent time with the sick, such as when they ate dinner with Simon the Leper, but he was perfectly cool with having them quarantined. There is a difference between preaching about ministering to the sick, and telling everyone to bring the lepers back into the village.
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You can't pick up AIDS from touching someone though.
 
Kelzie said:
You can't pick up AIDS from touching someone though.
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True, but my point is that Huckabee is a perfect example of the conflict between modernity and Fundamentalist Christianity. His point of view is a literalist Christian world view. Which means its 2000 years old and doesn't square very well with modern, pluralistic, and much more tolerant societies today. He is not a bad Christian, he is a very good Christian in terms Biblical literalism.
 
Kelzie said:
I still believe a literal interpretation of Jesus' words would not allow anyone to quarantine a population of sick, but fairly non-contagious people.

Now don't get me wrong, I think the Bible, both OT and NT are full of some whacked out, evil stuff, but I think Jesus' view on the sick is pretty clear cut.
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I'm not so sure. Jesus did go around healing the sick, according to the NT, but I don't recall him having much to say about quarantining people in order to stop the spread of disease. Of course, people in that time had no idea what caused diseases nor that it could spread from a sick person to a healthy one or how.

Nevertheless, had we quarantined AIDS patients in the very beginning, there would be a lot fewer AIDS patients now, wouldn't there?
 
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There's the full audio of the interview, ironically I had just stumbled across the link to that, and saw this post.

I did not expect it to embed here, just click on the title bar and it will take you to it.
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Listening to Huckabee's actual words proves the point that taking a few phrases out of context and repeating them along with a slanted point of view sounds a lot different from the actual words of the person being quoted. This sort of thing happens all the time to high profile people of all persuasions.
 
Dittohead not! said:
I'm not so sure. Jesus did go around healing the sick, according to the NT, but I don't recall him having much to say about quarantining people in order to stop the spread of disease. Of course, people in that time had no idea what caused diseases nor that it could spread from a sick person to a healthy one or how.

Nevertheless, had we quarantined AIDS patients in the very beginning, there would be a lot fewer AIDS patients now, wouldn't there?
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I thought there was recent evidence from conservatives that Jesus only healed people that didnt have pre-existing conditions?

Anyone have a link to support this I can't find one :2razz:
 
Jetboogieman said:
I thought there was recent evidence from conservatives that Jesus only healed people that didnt have pre-existing conditions?

Anyone have a link to support this I can't find one :2razz:
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That was wrong....

I laughed, but it was still wrong.
 
Gipper said:
Well, he was my favorite because of his support of the FairTax. Since his chances are now shot, I'll need to find a new guy to stand behind.
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I would not count him out just yet if I were you........
 
Singularity said:
Huckabee likens gay marriage to incest, drugs - More politics- msnbc.com



Huckabee has attempted to maintain an image of a man who, while being opposed to gay marriage, is not a homophobe; however, given the recent statements by the former Republican Presidential candidate, this brings his opinion into question. If he is not a homophobe, why the attempt to demonize homosexuality in comparison with something as universally immoral as incest? Given this and his other declarations, it is clear that our good Governor Huckabee has neglected to read the vast majority of unbiased, scientific studies which conclude that homosexuality is psychologically sound, making him not only ignorant of the facts, but perhaps a little more homophobic than he would like to admit.
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I laugh every time this comes up. What about his comments is inconsistent with his repeatedly stated opinion and positions?

Oh...and heres another thought...what is different about Huckabees position and Obamas...or Clintons? BOTH Obama AND Clinton believed gay marriage should not be allowed. Hmmm...now...why on earth would they 'believe' that? Possibly for the EXACT SAME REASONS...with the only difference being that Huckabee actually states his reasons (agree or disagree with them though you may). If not for some sort of foundational belief RE gay marriage, that Clinton and Obama would advocate for domestic partnership but OPPOSE gay marriage, they must be thoughtless bigots...or just care so much more about election than standards that they would throw gays under the bus to get elected. And which would be worse.
 
Much like Palin, Huckabee is ultimately irrelevant to the political picture. They're fringe figures in the party at this point, nothing more.
 
I don't know why the lefties are so pissed off at me and not at Obama.......When it comes to gay marriage my belief is the same as his............:confused:
 
Erod said:
Much like Palin, Huckabee is ultimately irrelevant to the political picture. They're fringe figures in the party at this point, nothing more.
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I don't think Palin can be president at this time but I do believe she would make and excellent senator from the state of Alaska........
 
Navy Pride said:
I don't think Palin can be president at this time but I do believe she would make and excellent senator from the state of Alaska........
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She RESIGNED from her governership. She obviously can't handle political office. What on earth makes you think she'd be a good senator?
 
Navy Pride said:
I don't know why the lefties are so pissed off at me and not at Obama.......When it comes to gay marriage my belief is the same as his............:confused:
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Not even close Navy. Obama was against prop 8 and campaigned against it here in California. Obama has said that although he does not personally believe in gay marriage, he does not support efforts to ban it.

Obama is not a gay-hater like you are.
 
Kelzie said:
She RESIGNED from her governership. She obviously can't handle political office. What on earth makes you think she'd be a good senator?
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Well when she resigned her approval rating was one of the highest of any governor in the nation so it sure wasn't because she could not handle the job.......I think Obama is at 46% so maybe he should resign..............
 
Navy Pride said:
Well when she resigned her approval rating was one of the highest of any governor in the nation so it sure wasn't because she could not handle the job.......I think Obama is at 46% so maybe he should resign..............
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Navy, what does approval ratings have to do with handling the job? Logic, it's something to try...
 
disneydude said:
Not even close Navy. Obama was against prop 8 and campaigned against it here in California. Obama has said that although he does not personally believe in gay marriage, he does not support efforts to ban it.

Obama is not a gay-hater like you are.
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He believes in Civil Unions...that is what he said.............I believe in civil unions to....Our postiions are identical........
 
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