Likely GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee came out swinging against LGBT activists, none of whom he thinks  are real Christians.Â
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee visited Family Research Council president Tony Perkins on Wednesday, and came out swinging against gay rights. The anti-gay activists talked about the “religious freedom” legislation in Indiana and Arkansas, and the opposition from not only LGBT activists and allies, but corporate America.
Huckabee labeled the support of equality and the LGBT community from companies like Apple, Salesforce, and Angie’s List as “bizzarre,” and their CEOs as “capitulating” to the left. He called the outrage across the nation “a phony crisis.”
“Tony, this is bizarre, and I think it’s a phony crisis that’s been manufactured by the left – just as was the war on women, there was no war on women. The left has gotten very good at creating a crisis, something to divide the country, something to create this sense in which ‘we’ve got to go after these conservatives because they are trying to trample over our rights.'”
Perkins said same-sex couples should just find another florist or baker rather than “use the government” to be treated equally.
And he asked, “Where will it stop?â€
“It won’t stop until there are no more churches, until there are no more people who are spreading the Gospel,” Huckabee responded. “And I’m talking now about the unabridged, unapologetic gospel that is really God’s truth.”Â
In other words, Christians who support equality and the LGBT community aren’t really Christians, and their churches aren’t really churches.
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Hat tip: Bloomberg and Right Wing Watch
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