Huckabee And The Gay Marriage ‘Ick Factor’

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR)
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) is against gay marriage, at least in part, because of the “ick factor.”

“I do believe that God created male and female and intended for marriage to be the relationship of the two opposite sexes,” Huckabee said in a recent New Yorker profile. “Male and female are biologically compatible to have a relationship. We can get into the ick factor, but the fact is two men in a relationship, two women in a relationship, biologically, that doesn’t work the same.”

Huckabee goes on to say that “some pretty startling studies” show that “monogamous marriage” is the way to end poverty.

“No culture in the history of mankind has ever tried to redefine marriage,” he added.

Earlier this year, Huckabee — who, according to polls, is a Republican frontrunner in the 2012 presidential race — said gay couples shouldn’t be able to adopt, saying, “Children are not puppies.”

In another part of the interview, Huckabee doesn’t hold fast to typical Republican support of the death penalty.

“I probably could be fine if we didn’t have the death penalty,” Huckabee said.

As governor, according to the profile, Huckabee signed 16 death orders. He also commuted the sentence of one man, convicted of burglary and aggravated assault and sentenced to more than 100 years in prison, who went on to kill four police officers.

“The truth is, it could be the kind of thing that would keep me from ever being able to run,” Huckabee said.

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