Posted on 12/24/2015 1:22:41 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is letting US Senator Ted Cruz have it.
Huckabee, trailing badly in the polls in the race for their party’s presidential nomination, took to Twitter on Wednesday (23 December) to slam the higher-polling Cruz for saying that same-sex marriage is a state-by-state issue.
‘If marriage and sanctity of life are truly issues of principle-not politics-there shouldn’t be geographical boundaries to what’s right and wrong,’ Huckabee tweeted.
At a fundraiser held on 9 December at the Sullivan & Cromwell law firm on Madison Avenue, Cruz said to a group fiscally conservative but mostly socially liberal Republicans: ‘People of New York may well resolve the marriage question differently than the people of Florida or Texas or Ohio. … That’s why we have 50 states — to allow a diversity of views.’
Cruz was asked if fighting same-sex marriage is a top three priority for him.
He said it is not.
‘I would say defending the Constitution is a top priority,’ he said. ‘And that cuts across the whole spectrum – whether it’s defending (the) First Amendment, defending religious liberty, stopping courts from making public policy issues that are left to the people.’
In his Twitter rant, Huckabee asked: ‘Should conservatives support a corporately-funded candidate that says one thing at a Manhattan fundraiser and another at a Marshaltown church? Shouldn’t candidates be expected to have authenticity and consistency, instead of looking at a map to decide what to believe and what to say?’
He added: ‘Whether you agree with him, one reason I respect Trump: he doesn’t pretend with his principles or change his message depending on location/audience.’
Gun rights: 2nd Amendment covers it, makes it a federal issue
Marriage: ??? Where is it? I can’t find it in there. So, please give me the reference.
The Full Faith and Credit Clause would force pro family states to accept gay marriage.
Cruz believes in federalism and Huckleberry doesn’t.
Cruz didn't change his position and the minister Huckafraud lies.
Such a GOOD post. Thank you.
And concealed weapons permits.
Your equation of trad marriage and gun rights is off base IMHO. The US Constitution says nothing about marriage but it affirms gun rights in Second Amendment.
Actually, the federal government has no jurisdiction over marriage. The ruling should be struck down and the justices impeached. America is a Judeo-Christian nation. We the people have the final say (refer to the Declaration) and we should rise up an throw the bums out.
On the matter of “Gay Marriage”, both Ted Cruz and Donald Trump oppose it:
Trump: “I’m not in favor of gay marriage. They should not be able to marry. I just don’t feel good about it. I don’t feel right about it. I’m against it... I’m opposed to gay marriage.”
Cruz: “I support traditional marriage. Under President Obama, the federal government has tried to re-define marriage, and to undermine the constitutional authority of each state to define marriage consistent with the values of its citizens,” Cruz said in a statement. “The Obama Administration should not be trying to force gay marriage on all 50 states. We should respect the states, and the definition of marriage should be left to democratically elected legislatures, not dictated from Washington. This bill will safeguard the ability of states to preserve traditional marriage for its residents.”
The question is not whether or not a candidate favors or opposes gay marriage. I don’t know of any serious candidate on our side who supports it. The question is whether or not we want a government based on whether the President does or does not “feel right about’ or do we want a government based on the Constitution.
I have no doubt at all about where I stand. And the Constitutional route is the only workable path toward ending it.
Marriage is no longer a question for the states. The Supreme Court ruled on it. It has been accepted, certainly by Cruz, when he answered “No”.
Huckabee has always had some weird petty/churlish side to him. I remember his jealousy coming through when he made a statement about how he’d get the same huge crowds Palin was getting in 2008 were he in high-heels, or something to that effect. Ditto when he pushed Cruz aside at the Kim Davis rally and such, like it was “his” personal territory.
It’s like he’s always been craving to be the “king populist” (via the cultural and social issues at the forefront) on the political scene, but whenever that kind of fervor rises up elsewhere, his green eyeshades come out. Even when the tea-party movement was going full-force, he often went against it, cozying up to establishment. Sort of like a fat, unpopular nerd in high-school who toadies up to the “cool kids” for their approval. And then on the rare occasions he bucked the establishment (like championing Todd Aiken to the hilt), he still comes up a cropper. Just like his clemency fiascos. And he was also cheering on illegals into his state when he was governor.
I don’t necessarily hate him, and I think his stances on the values front are genuine. But, dang, he’s such a bloomin’ loser (to quote Trump).
That's the situation we're in. The damage that was done with these court decisions against traditional marriage has to be undone. Then, let the states decide, but with no interference from the feds.
Saying "it's an issue for the states to decide" at this point without some corrective action is meaningless.
And to add my usual two-cents, beyond anything to do with the political race, the Constitution, or anything else... As long as America is legally and morally recognizing the depravity of faggot-marriage, America itself can go burn in hell. I truly hope that everyone who helped usher in this sick, perverted degeneracy on this once-great country I used to pledged my allegiance to, will frankly go choke to death. They have molested my country, and my contempt for them is on the same level as my feelings towards the cretins of ISIS and al-Qaeda.
Which is true Huckleberry.
States already have differing Laws when it comes to Age of Consent, Age of Consent to Marry and Incestuous Marriage.
All ban Polygamy in State Law as well.
Gay Marriage should have never become a Federal issue, but here we are. Now that it s considered a Civil Right, all the Laws I posted above should be Federalized including Polygamy unless the SCOTUS is picking favorites now.
The Dam breaks, everyone drowns.
What’s that song, All or nothing at all?
Marriage is a God ordained institution. States can RECOGNIZE it, but they can’t redefine it. Utah wasn’t even permitted into the union until it renounced polygamy. You could literally have 50 different definitions of marriage if done Cruz’s way. The Founding Fathers didn’t define marriage in the Constitution because it wasn’t even acceptable to be in a gay relationship then, let alone could they conceive of the possibility of gay marriage.
Huckabee is right.
I agree.
I spent several years pounding these things home to Huckabee via personal communications.
Glad he finally got it.
Wish he had listened to the other important things I told him again and again.
the big thing is gay people think they have a ‘right’ to be married that is protected by the constitution- not directly, but indirectly because some clause says people can’t be discriminated against-
HOWEVER, marriage is NOT a right- it is a state privilege, and MUST meet certain criteria (ie a man can not marry a car, a tree, a dog, a child, a close relative etc) Because these things are deviant-
Gay people have successfully infused their disgusting deviant sexual practice to be ‘protected’ by the constitution- What the Supreme court did was declassify homosexual sex as a deviant sexual act- undoing millennia of law in one fell swoop- The SC took it upon themselves to over-ride practicallty every culture, every law every tradition, every moral objection in one biased move to placate 2% of the population who practices a DEVIENT sexual act
There was NO ‘right’ protecting such a deviant sex act I n the constitution- the SC slipped one in there by rewording the clause that protects people’s actual rights
0bama lifted the ban on men giving blood-when they have had sex with other men.
This ‘issue’ is about to get VERY personal to everyone.
Huckabee, as usual, wants to use the government, in an unconstitutional manner to solve a problem.
As such, he is wrong.
Cruz, on the other hand wants to work within the Constitution al framework to turn back hsy marriage.
As usual, Ted Cruz is correct.
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