[Heyyyy] Huckabee to Stewart: Black and gay (rights) are different
December 10th, 2008 by Dave StudinskiThinkProgress posts some selected excerpts of the interview. Below, a crucial moment in Stewart sorting out crap from fact, as transcribed by the site:
STEWART: Segregation used to be the law until the courts intervened.
HUCK: There’s a big difference between a person being black and a person practicing a lifestyle and engaging in a marital relationship.
STEWART: Okay, actually this is helpful because it gets to the crux of it. … And I’ll tell you this: Religion is far more of a choice than homosexuality. And the protections that we have for religion — we protect religion. And talk about a lifestyle choice — that is absolutely a choice. Gay people don’t choose to be gay. At what age did you choose to not be gay?
The show’s staff posted their own blog to get the conversation going on the Daily Show site. Ignorance and long-winded essays abound!
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