Former Arkansas governor and possible
presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has criticized governors who
implement rulings striking down gay marriage bans.
Appearing Friday on Washington
Watch, Huckabee told host and Family Research Council (FRC)
President Tony Perkins that reports that he had toned down his
opposition to marriage equality in his new book, God,
Guns, Grit and Gravy, were incorrect.
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Huckabee criticizes himself on gay marriage.)
“I don’t know how anyone could
actually read the chapter and come to the conclusion that I have sort
of changed my view on same-sex marriage,” Huckabee
said. “When people read the chapter, I think they're going to
get a clear understanding that the reason that I hold to the view
that I do is it's not just stubbornness, it’s because I haven't
been given permission from God to change what he said.”
He went on to criticize governors who
“surrendered” to court rulings declaring restrictive marriage
bans unconstitutional.
“This, to me, is so fundamental in
civics and I'm watching attorneys general, governors and judges
pretend that the court can just make law. I don't know where we came
up with this,” Huckabee said. “I've heard several governors when
their state supreme court says that they're going to allow same-sex
marriage and the governor just folds and surrenders and says, 'well,
it's the law of the land.' No, it isn't.”