Mike Huckabee: “we’re now even seeing television commercials portraying same-sex couples”
Source: Salon
Huckabee spoke with Concerned Women for America head Penny Nance about his concerns on the radio on Monday, saying,
The very thing that many people and I know CWA was a part of this, saying, this is why the legalization of same-sex marriage is going to be a much bigger issue than just saying we let people love whoever they want to love, thats not the issue. Will it force businesses of course everyone will say, oh no people still have their rights, but they dont. And every fear that people had has in fact come true, that this is being forced in textbooks on how marriage is depicted, were now even seeing television commercials portraying same-sex couples, thats something I guess I didnt expect to see anytime soon.
Huckabee is understandably distraught that hed live to see the day when some people started to see LGBT people as equals. It is troubling. More and more people are losing their god-given right to discriminate. Im not sure which commercials hes talking about, since I havent seen too many featuring the gays. But Will and Grace was bad enough. Nor am I sure about the textbooks. But I sure hate the homophilic message in And Tango Makes Three, the dangerous tale of gay penguin lust and child rearing.
Read more: http://www.salon.com/2013/06/12/mike_huckabee_we%E2%80%99re_now_even_seeing_television_commercials_portraying_same_sex_couples/
OMG - next thing you know, they'll be showing commercials where MEN do the chilldcare!
hlthe2b
(101,703 posts)What a cretin.
That was exactly what I was thinking. I do not recall seeing any same-sex ads lately, just the Cheerios one.
I know bigots are using the exact same language for marriage they used for mixed race couples back in the 50's as for gay couples today. Makes me wonder if he got confused and really meant to use the original 1950's language.
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warrant46
(2,205 posts)A man whose beliefs are pre-Reformation
DallasNE
(7,392 posts)And he is just confusing his racist and homophobic views. Or perhaps he is attempting to conflate the two, thinking it would be less offensive to use the homophobic example as a bridge to his racism rather than being upfront about his racism.
Berlin Expat
(946 posts)Mr. Huckabee is clutching his pearls and hoping he hits the fainting couch.
Hopefully, someone has the smelling salts ready, because Mr. Huckabee clearly is having a case of the vapors.
mikeytherat
(6,829 posts)It's got something to do with vapors.
mikey_the_rat
MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)Their house-hunting/reno shows have featured same-sex couple homeowners for years.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)That's all it is. The fear of losing their freedom to hate.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)Orsino
(37,428 posts)It's where his paycheck comes from, ultimately. Do not expect him to pee in his own garden.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)It is hard to see proclaimed men of God to shun the teachings of Jesus, he should be ashamed.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Can't wait to see it.
riqster
(13,986 posts)LGBT and straight people all spend money. Any smart business person will advertise to the widest possible audience so as to get more business.
People like Fuckabee think this is about morality. Nope. As that great philosopher Don Vito Corleone said, "Business is business."
trusty elf
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Skittles
(152,964 posts)*EGREGIOUS*
riqster
(13,986 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Journeyman
(15,001 posts)Guess I keep up with current events better than some . . .
AllyCat
(16,032 posts)Huckster!
Kurovski
(34,655 posts)That's a big plate of word salad he served up.
Is this due to the Palin effect?
Myrina
(12,296 posts)SMH at the Huckster ...
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)"The Fosters"
Sherri Saum of ABC's new sitcom, "The Fosters," which boasts Jennifer Lopez as executive producer, recently chatted with Elixher.com.
During the candid interview about the series that highlights a multi-ethnic lesbian family, the actress discussed preparing to play a lesbian, being judged by real lesbians and more.
When asked what type of response Saum has received in regards to the show, the actress, who has also appeared on "Girlfriends", "Charmed" and "Gossip Girl," said that the response has been "overwhelming" and "genuine."
"Everybody has just been so sincere about how much they enjoyed the show and how much they were surprised they enjoyed [it]," she said. "ABC Family maybe wouldnt be their first choice for television but they were pleasantly surprised."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/11/sherri-saum-the-fosters_n_3422189.html
pscot
(21,023 posts)I get hung up every time I see the damned thing.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Bill Clinton s cousin, and whose son is a killer of cats. Maybe we should get our moral guidance from someone else
gvstn
(2,805 posts)Maybe Tide/P&G is taking it slow or trying to be trendy without actually being Bold®.
texanwitch
(18,705 posts)If not a stay at home Dad while Mom worked.
I think the Dad was gay.
I really like this commercial.
matt819
(10,749 posts)You just know that the RW heads are exploding:
Interracial lesbian parents
Natural born son of one of the women
Hispanic fraternal twin adoptees
Two more foster kids, brother and sister
Ex-husband, and police partner, of one of the women
zx10r_liberal
(6 posts)Huckabee and company is obviously being persecuted again. It's the last nail that's a bitch. Perhaps liquid nails, it really is a miracle!
Orrex
(63,084 posts)I can totally see someone saying were now even seeing television commercials portraying same-sex couples
in happy recognition of the slow but sure progress being made in this regard, rather than as the pearl-clutching call-to-arms that the Huckster meant it to be.
bamacrat
(3,867 posts)You won't see same sex commercials on Fox or during Nascar, Football, Baseball or on the History Channel. But channels that are primarily watched by women or gay people like E, Logo or OWN will have them and they should.
Phlem
(6,323 posts)this citizen doesn't give a shit what comes out of your mouth.
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kimmylavin
(2,284 posts)Some of us call that PROGRESS.
Swede Atlanta
(3,596 posts)Most Americans support equal rights for LGBT persons and a plurality support marriage equality.
There are of course pockets of the demographic such as Faux News viewers, residents of some states,especially in the South, and the rabid born-again "Christians" that love using hatred and discrimination against others as a way to feel superior. I suggest much of this has to do with an inherent sense of being inferior and inadequate. It is a classic psychological reaction.
People are growing used to seeing same gender couples (with or without children, single parent situations, mixed race, etc. on television and throughout media without ever batting an eye. Again it is only the narrow demographics that have an issue with these. Luckily their number is in decline and many of them are dying off.
Skittles
(152,964 posts)WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO?
Kurovski
(34,655 posts)should help Mike through his homosexual panic.
Or maybe an assortment of big hot sausages will go down better?
Skittles
(152,964 posts)Kurovski
(34,655 posts)then down goes the mash.
All preceded by grace, naturally.
I say: "Eat hearty, Mikey." Or to save time, just "eat it".
aw, you reminded me of my mum, a Brit who loved her bangers and mash
I remember. And we offer a prayer of thanks to her for bringing us the Skittles!
Hekate
(90,189 posts)Oh my stars!
LiberalFighter
(50,477 posts)They get to make the rules for their members. But they don't have the right to dictate to the rest of us.
Personally, I would like it required that all them people be prohibited from having any sex.
Blue Owl
(49,902 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)and filled with real people. Companies want to sell to as many people as they can and recognize the real world with all the nuances that entails.
SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)silvershadow
(10,336 posts)texanwitch
(18,705 posts)The little girl has a favorite dress she likes to wear.
I like that commerical.
DCKit
(18,541 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)Initech
(99,909 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)previously, even paying strangers to ACT like they were married opposite-sex couples! I mean, how agenda-driven is THAT.
Arkana
(24,347 posts)that calls itself "Concerned Women For America".
What it should call itself is "Uptight, White As The Driven Snow, Fundamentalist Christian Chickens-For-Colonel-Sanders Women For America."
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)You'll still make your millions on FOX and elsewhere even with gays being treated as equals. My God...and they talk about the Left wanting to take away people's freedoms and control everyone's lives. This is beyond hypocrisy!
sakabatou
(42,082 posts)Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)DFW
(54,047 posts)Therefore ads targeting them are part of a normal economy.
I guess Huckabee thought that straight people spend money, and gays get their material needs by Genie.
hatrack
(59,439 posts)Better yet, shut off the Goddamned TV and read a book (other than the Bible), you sanctimonious turd.
MADem
(135,425 posts)It seems very strange to me that he continues to fixate on something he finds so reprehensible.
Do normal people spend their days talking about things they dislike? Over and over and over again, like a litany?
I tend to spend my days conversing on subjects I find interesting, pleasing, amusing....
I think most people are like that.