Mike Huckabee: Gay Rights Aren’t Civil Rights

Mike Huckabee, the former Governor of Arkansas, and Republican presidential candidate appeared on The View Tuesday, where he spoke about same-sex marriage.  Huckabee said that gay rights could not be equated or compared to civil rights because gays have not experienced violence against them, unlike Blacks.

Huckabee stated;

“People who are homosexuals should have every right in terms of their civil rights, to be employed, to do anything they want. But that’s not really the issue. I know you talked about it and I think you got into it a little bit early on. But when we’re talking about a redefinition of an institution, that’s different than individual civil rights. We’re never going to convince each other…But here is the difference. Bull Connor was hosing people down in the streets of Alabama. John Lewis got his skull cracked on the Selma bridge.”

I guess all of our GLBT brothers and sisters who have been beaten and lost their lives for being GLB or T just don’t count!  Watch the video below!