The GOP's gay marriage problem isn't going away anytime soon

Conservatives like Mike Huckabee are not going to let the issue go easily, creating a political conundrum for Republicans

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Mike Huckabee isn't happy with the Republican Party.

When it comes to the issue of same-sex marriage, the former governor of Arkansas says his party should "[g]row a spine, show a modicum of knowledge about the way we govern ourselves, and lead, follow, or get the heck out of the way."

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W. James Antle III

W. James Antle III is the politics editor of the Washington Examiner, the former editor of The American Conservative, and author of Devouring Freedom: Can Big Government Ever Be Stopped?.