Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee
wants the judge who struck down Arkansas' ban on gay marriage to be
ousted.
Circuit Court Judge Chris Piazza on
Friday knocked down a 2004 voter-approved constitutional amendment
and 1997 law prohibiting gay couples from marrying. Most counties
have refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, saying they
will wait for word from the state Supreme Court, which is considering
a request from the state to stay Piazza's decision.
Huckabee, who as governor signed the
1997 law, criticized Piazza in a post published at the blog of his
political action committee, Huckpac.
“Apparently [Piazza] mistook his
black robe for a cape and declared himself to be 'SUPER LAWMAKER!'”
“By virtually ordering same sex
marriage to begin immediately, which in fact happened in at least one
Arkansas county on the morning after Judge Piazza's Friday night
massacre of the law and the will of the people, he positioned himself
as if he were all 3 branches of government and declared the voters
immaterial. The Governor should call a special session of the
legislature and impeach the judge and affirm the people's will,”
wrote
Huckabee, who today hosts his own Fox News show.
“If the people wish to allow same sex
marriage, they can put that matter on the ballot and vote for it. Or
the legislature can put that matter on the ballot and ask the people
to change the Constitution to allow it. But they should not stand by
and allow one man to think his robe has more power than it does,”
he added.
Speaker of the House Davy Carter has
already said he would not
support an attempt to impeach Piazza over his ruling, calling the
idea “absurd.”