Mike Huckabee: Problem With Marriage Is People Think It's About Love

GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee appeared on CNN this weekend where he espoused the notion that the problem with marriage today is that people are being selfish and marrying for love.

Asked whether same-sex marriage or high divorce rates are a bigger threat to the institution, Huckabee responded that the question was like asking which wing of an airplane is more important.

"Regardless, heterosexual marriage is largely in trouble today because people see it as a selfish means of pleasing self, rather than a committed relationship in which the focus is on meeting the needs of the partner," he said. "That sense of selfishness and the redefinition of love as to something that is purely sentimental and emotional, has been destructive."

The Huckster's comment about both wings of a plane and asking which wing is more important is an impotent analogy. If you're so "concerned" about marriage itself, there are far, far more heterosexual marriages failing than gay/lesbian couples marrying; estimates indicate LGBTs make up around 10% of population, so do the math. Nine times for opposite-sex marriages impacting families. If Huck is so worries about 90% of families, why isn't he talking nine times more about divorce?

In the segment, Huckabee also comments on his recent call for term limits for Supreme Court justices, but makes it clear it's just a vague notion he's come up with. He has no suggestion for what the term limits would be.

The whole point of having supreme court justices serve for life is to help insulate them from the whims of politics and call the law as they see it. That's the way the constitution was written and actually it's a good thing. It's one of the checks and balances that makes our country functional.

Regarding Huck's reference of Thomas Jefferson: the man owned slaves. John Adams thought we should have a King. The personal views of the founders are interesting, but not relevant as a matter of law today.