Huckabee Outlines Plan to Resist 'Judicial Tyranny' After SCOTUS Gay Marriage Ruling

[DonViejo]

In a strongly worded Fox News op-ed published Thursday, GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee laid out exactly what he’d do as president to address the Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.

Calling the decision “an out-of-control act of unconstitutional judicial tyranny” issues by “five unelected lawyers,” Huckabee vowed to use executive orders to preserve Americans’ religious freedom. Huckabee mapped out a three-pronged approach, which he said would be carried out on the first day of his hypothetical administration. It involves signing religious liberty orders that protect businesses, churches and other organizations for “exercising their religious beliefs,” particularly where their marriage views are concerned; directing the attorney general to prosecute attacks against people of faith—including those who oppose gay marriage—as hate crimes; and preventing military chaplains from having to carry out same-sex marriages.

Huckabee is an avowed opponent of same-sex marriage who has signed DefendMarriage.org’s civil disobedience pledge. In May, he told Fox News’ Chris Wallace that only Congress has the power to change federal laws.

Other 2016 Republican candidates, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) have promised to ignore the ruling or take legislative action to undermine it. Jindal faces a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Louisiana on Tuesday for signing an executive order that he says protects local clerks who want to opt out of officiating gay marriages. Marriage equality advocates say Jindal's “Marriage and Conscience Order” goes beyond his constitutional authority as governor.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/huckabee-plan-judicial-tyranny-scotus-gay-marriage

[TreasonousBastard]

1. How about the judicial tyranny of overruling the EPA?

[villager]

2. or the electorate.

n/t

[Draug]

3. Don't worry about Huckabee

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Huckabee seems to have no platform except promoting Christian Supremacy, or as he calls it, "religious liberty." All he'll do is attract primary votes away from the worst of the Republican candidates.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. who the hell is attacking people of religious faith???????????

I really really want to start knocking on the doors of people who peddle their religion at MY door,
and talk to them about becoming agnostics.
Knocking at their meal time, yet.

Where the hell did this "Christians as victims" crap start?

[arcane1]

6. They've had that persecution fetish for eons.

But it seems especially acute lately.

[Archae]

5. Huckabee is following in another Arkansas governor's footsteps.

No, not Bill Clinton.

Orval Faubus.

[C_U_L8R]

7. Doesn't he have a war on Christmas to fight

Or some other bullshitty victim alarm to ring.

[Vinca]

8. Huckabee desperately needs to seek help for his paranoia.

His "attacks" on people of faith are like an imaginary friend. No one is beheading Christians in this country. People want to be left alone to love who they want, marry who they want and find happiness with or without Huckabee's god or anyone else's god. Is minding your own business such a stretch?

[Initech]

10. Bill Maher is right. The only people who believe Christianity is "unde attack"...

Are the politicians and the pundits. No one else on the planet talks about religion like it's going to disappear overnight. They really need to get fucking real here.

[Initech]

9. Mike Huckabee can get over himself. He will never be president.

He's gone batshit crazy over this decision. He's way too much of an extremist to ever become president.

[Bleacher Creature]

11. Who?

Mike Huckabee has as much authority as the mentally disturbed guy barking nonsense on my street corner.

Who cares what he has to say?

[Solly Mack]

12. Blah, blah, blah, fart noises, belch, burp. Sorry. I was

disgorging translating Huckabee speak.