Here’s the latest social media missive from former Labor Secretary Robert Reich.
“This morning, on ABC’s ‘This Week,’ Mike Huckabee said Kim Davis’ refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples is equivalent to Abraham Lincoln’s refusal to accept slavery, which was the law of the land when Lincoln became president. ‘You obey it if it’s right,’ Huckabee said, arguing that Davis shouldn’t be jailed. ‘Should Lincoln have been put in jail? Because he ignored the law?’
“So if Kim Davis who opposes gay marriage can refuse to issue a perfectly legal marriage license, a Quaker clerk who’s a pacifist can refuse to issue gun licenses, a clerk who’s a committed environmentalist can refuse to issue building permits, and a clerk who believes in a $15 minimum wage can refuse to issue Walmart a permit to build a new store. What planet does Huckabee live on?
“Here’s a man who was governor of Arkansas and wants to be president of the United States, and he compared Kim Davis to Abraham Lincoln? Sometimes I’m flabbergasted.”
Me, too, Mr. Secretary.
I’ll just add that the Kim Davis gay marriage license debate has demonstrated precisely why the Founding Fathers got it exactly right when they wrote a secular document — the U.S. Constitution — that would become the framework for the federal government.
And a lawless president who believes in open borders can refuse to enforce immigration law. I think he took an oath as well, John.
We’ll just disagree over whether BHO has been enforcing immigration law. I believe he’s been doing so with the same vigor as his predecessors.
By that logic, Davis was still doing her job. She was still issuing marriage licenses; just not to certain groups of people. The federal government under Obama is still deporting people; just not certain favored groups of illegal immigrants. He has by fiat exempted whole groups of people, 5+ million, from the very laws he swore to enforce. Same thing.
OK. Thanks.