“When Christians are asked to accept gay marriage it’s like asking someone who’s Jewish to start serving bacon-wrapped shrimp in their deli. We don’t want to do that — I mean, we’re not going to do that. Or like asking a Muslim to serve up something that is offensive to him, or to have dogs in his backyard.” Mike Huckabee metaphor from Hell.
Of course allowing others to marry gay partners is nothing at all, whatsoever like asking Jews to serve bacon wrapped shrimp in THEIR deli or Muslims serving hotdogs in THEIR backyard. Mike Huckabee and company don’t have to ask, or serve or be or do anything at all. No one is asking Mike Huckabee and company to accept gay marriage into their intolerant world of Stupid, that is for the rest of us good people to do.
There is no law against intolerance and bigotry, and what so many people up North miss, is that down here in Dumbutt both are things to be proud of and to celebrate. Down here where we have long lines of cars at my Chic Fil A and overflowing parking lots at my Hobby Lobby and Cracker Barrel.
I hope you see the more important issue with the Huckabee quote? Only really stupid people would accept such a crazyass metaphor. But with that horror comes a silver lining of sorts. Every four years the Republicans bring to our front pages and political stages a half dozen of the dumbest politicians they can find for us all to laugh at. I quad-yearly reminder how synonymous “Christian” has become with “Stupid.” Last time round Michele Bachmann won The Stupid, who will it be this time? Ben Carson? Rick Santorum? Mike Huckabee? Rick Perry? The Donald? Sister Sarah? Ted Cruz?
Which of course leads to the greatest question humanity has ever grappled with. Do stupid people gravitate to religion or does religion make people stupid?