Mike Huckabee, Kim Davis and Abraham Lincoln

In a recent ABC interview with George Stephanopoulos Mike Huckabee defended Kim Davis the Kentucky clerk who has gone to jail rather than issue same-sex marriage licenses. According to Huckabee, Ms. Davis was following in the tradition of Abraham Lincoln who “…ignored the 1857 Dred Scott decision.” In point of fact although Lincoln disapproved of that decision he did not “ignore” it – neither did he go to jail because of his opposition to it.

What did Lincoln do? He respected the judicial process by passing a constitutional amendment outlawing slavery after winning this nation’s bloodiest war fought over that very issue of slavery. In short, if Mike Huckabee and Kim Davis want to reverse a finding of the Supreme Court they should pass a constitutional amendment too, not settle for “I’m-a-martyr” cheap theatrics.