Religion is far more of a choice than homosexuality… Gay people don’t choose to be gay. At what age did you choose not to be gay?
— Jon Stewart, interviewing Gov. Mike Huckabee on “The Daily Show”
The passage of Prop 8 in California has catalyzed a national discussion of same-sex marriage. And Jon Stewart’s discussion with Mike Huckabee — a prominent social conservative and likely 2012 presidential candidate — may become one of the more significant developments in the ongoing debate over the fundamental right to marriage.
