Mike Huckabee said on conservative radio Monday that, if elected, he would block all federal recognition of same-sex marriage:
"Until the Congress of the United States puts on my desk a bill that basically defies the laws of nature and nature’s God and defies the longstanding tradition of marriage, the federal government will not recognize same-sex marriage because there is no law that requires it and that would be true for the military and it would be true for all federal institutions. If the Congress decides that they want to pass enabling legislation, they could put it on my desk and I would veto it, and they can attempt to override it. That’s the process. If liberals were subjected to a conservative court that forced them to tithe their income to scripture or forced them to go to church or forced them to believe something that they don’t want to believe, they would say, ‘We can’t do that, that would go against our conscience.’ And I would say, ‘You are exactly right and we can’t have such a ruling.' This is why I find this very unsettling is because liberals will rue the day when the sword they use to enact their agenda is the sword of the court rather than to do it by way of the people’s elected representatives."
Of course, the president doesn't have the power to block recognition of legal marriages.
Also, an analogy of "forcing" liberals to tithe isn't a fair comparison to marriage equality because same-sex marriage rights don't MAKE conservatives get "gay married." Marriage equality is just something conservatives hate; but it doesn't make them do it. Forcing someone to give money to a church against their will is unconstitutional per the First Amendment.
More puffery for the right wing nuts.
