Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee speaks out on Obama's gay pride light show and the legalization of gay marriage

'Are we going to trade one level of what's called discrimination for a new level of discrimination against people of faith?'

In celebration of the Supreme Court's gay marriage ruling, President Obama lit up the White House with rainbow colors, which garnered a response from Republican, former Arkansas governor and now presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. Huckabee was noted as saying that people shouldn't be surprised if he wins for presidency and he erects a Nativity scene outside the White House.

MUNTINLUPA, PHILIPPINES (Catholic Online) - Last Sunday, in an interview with George Stephanopoulos in ABC's "This Week," Huckabee was quoted saying, "The President lit up the White House the other night with rainbow colors-I guess that's his prerogative."

He further added, "If I become president, I just want to remind people... please don't complain if I were to put a Nativity scene out during Christmas, and say, 'You know, if it's my house I get to do with it what I wish despite what other people around the country may feel about it."'

Huckabee was also asked if he would enforce gay marriage if he becomes president. He didn't directly answer the question but, he says he prefers it to go through a legislature. Huckabee also criticized the Supreme Court's gay marriage ruling saying for him it "wasn't so much about a matter of marriage equality but a marriage redefinition," because he believes that it denies the right of the people in states where they voted for traditional marriage.

For Huckabee, the legalization of gay marriage might just lead to religious discrimination. As Huckabee stated in his interview, "Are we now going to discriminate against people of conscience, people of faith? Are we going to trade one level of what's called discrimination for a new level of discrimination against people of faith?"

Huckabee has encouraged Christian leaders to be inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr. and to resist against the Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling.

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