Letters to the Editor
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Keep 'Splainin' Huckatollah...
That hole you're a diggin' shore is a gettin' deeper!!!
YeeHAW!!!!!!!
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Bestiality? No, but polygamy, maybe.
The bestiality thing is shot down because the animal can't give consent. But legalizing homosexual marriage, could and probably would lead to legalized polygamy. If a man has the right to marry another man, why doesn't he have the right to marry multiple women? What harm would come from Hugh Hefner marrying all three of his bimbos? In my eyes, you can't be for one and not the other.
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Oh, Really?
"The Bible was not written to be amended ...", Huckabee said.
And that's why the Reformation never happened and Mike and family happily attend a Latin Mass every Sunday.
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Conservative Republicans
certainly have an unsettling fascination with interspecies sex.
But only for men. I guess it's ok for women?
Does someone need to speak to Janet? Is this why she packs heat?
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"The Bible was not written to be amended."
Don't let Mitt hear you say that!
(And on the other side, Lieberman could remind us that the Huckster's entire "New" Bible is an amendment to the original version.)
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But....
isn't the New Testiment and amendment of the Old Testiment?
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Marriage, Bible-style
"Well, I don't think that's a radical view to say we're going to affirm marriage.
I'm just wondering if they're going to use the Bible for their affirmation of marriage, given the Bible's rather, well, flexible interpretation of marriage (e.g., one man and how many women, exactly? It isn't usually one man + one woman, not in the Bible).
Thus the peril and futility of using the Bible as your foundational document. King David had plenty of wives and concubines; King Solomon was awash in wives and concubines; Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 concubines, etc., etc. Even as early as Genesis 4:19 we have one man + two wives, with Lamech ("And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.") So, enough of the "defense of marriage" with the biblical bludgeon, y'all.
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marrying my cat
I'm a woman and I have two cats - one male and one female. Huckabee says "animal" but he doesn't specify beyond that. Does this mean I should propose to my cat now, just in case he's elected and decides to gut the Constitution?
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Projection? Freudian slip?
The fundamentalist obsession with bestiality is starting to rival the obsession with homosexuality, specifically, and imposing morality (for thee, not for me) on others. Maybe someone should sit them down for a discussion about cigars and overcompensation.
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King Solomon anyone?
To make the US Constitution in line with the Bible, we would need to amend the Constitution to ALLOW polygamy. Yes, allow because the Bible allows it. The God-ordained Kings of Israel almost entirely had multiple wives. Then there are the concubines. How does Mr. Huckabee view the legal status of concubines? Slavery is very much A-OK in the Bible--in both the Old and New Testaments. Genocide is OK too if God commands it. Women? Paul said they should never lead a man in teaching in church, right, so why should they be allowed to lead or participate in civic activity? And when a culture adds their "amendments" to the Bible, just ask a faithful Jew what they think of the Romans and the New Testament.
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Genius
I'm not ready to accept Mr. Huckabee's definition of genius. Considering the source of the proclamation is of the belief that woman was made from man's rib, the ice age couldn't have happened and the Bible is a document that has been passed through the ages as the undiluted word of his own personal diety.
I am ready however, ready to personally invite him over for dinner, where my partner of the last 13 years and I will, as calmly as possible explain to him how it feels to have him compare our loving, supportive relationship to screwing the pooch.
Kinda doubt that he has the kind of genius it takes to wrap his head around that though.
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The Bible was not written to be amended. The Constitution was.
Really?
Then why does my Catholic Bible differ from my friend's Episcopal Bible? And what about my "New Catholic Bible," as opposed to my pre-Vatican II edition? Why is the King James version no longer the "go-to" edition? If the Bible doesn't get amended from time to time, there would only be one edition.
The Bible gets amended all the time, when words are changed for greater vernacular clarity, or for correcting mis-translations. Beyond that, there are differences in the order of texts, the grouping of texts, even the inclusion or exclusion of texts in "The Bible" depending on one's denomination. And if one is Jewish, one recognizes "the Bible" as (basically) The Talmud. Which was later Amended to include the birth, life, teachings, death and resurrection of Christ and the work of his followers.
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Oh Those Saucy Right-Wing Troll-Tards...!
I see they still lurk around progressive websites trying to stir the pot with their usual witless talking points and overall stupidity.
Marriage, my dear idiot, is a contract between TWO ADULTS governing rights and responsibilities of combining their households into one, caring for one another and providing for one another at death. The government can limit the number of participants, since it is in the society at large's best interest that spouses have equal footing in the arrangement, something that cannot be guaranteed (and de facto never occurs) in a polygamous relationship.
Now ol' Chucklebee...! To say the Bible is the unchanging word of one God is laughable. Three words supporting my assertion: "King James Version". A lot of oppressive, unjust bullshit got written into that version-- and I bet God, if She exists, is plenty pissed off.
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my own Amendment
should read "... which was later amended *by Christians* to include ..." (because, obviously, the Jewish Bible does not have a New Testament).
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Ass(Holy)
Hickabee is so full of shit. Any schoolchild knows that there are hundreds, if not thousands of translations of translations and interpretations of interpretations of the Bible, over thousands of years. The original stuff was oral and then written, much of it third or fourth person.
Supreme lying jack-asshole.
As William S Burroughs put it: "If you're ever doing business with a religious son-of-a-bitch, GET IT IN WRITING! His word isn't worth shit, not with the good Lord telling him how to fuck you on the deal..."
"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves." - Matthew 7:15 (KJV). Or pick one of many, many translations that you like Preacherman. Any one will suit ya.