Former Arkansas governor and Southern Baptist minister Mike Huckabee rejected the "notion of judicial supremacy" this week, claiming that the gay marriage battle is not nearing a close.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the constitutionality of gay marriage bans in the coming months, but Huckabee insisted that their decision will not be final.
"One thing I am angry about... is this notion of judicial supremacy, where if the court makes a decision, I hear governors and even some aspirants to the presidency say, 'Well that's settled, it's the law of the land.,'" he said in an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt. "No, it's not the law of the land."
Huckabee insisted that "one branch of government does not overrule the other two," and the high court's ruling will not in itself make gay marriage legal.
"Constitutionally, the courts cannot make a law, they can interpret one and then the legislature has to create enabling legislation and the executive has to sign it and has to enforce it," he explained.
The justices' decision will determine the constitutionality of the nation's remaining gay marriage bans, but will not enact legislation.
Huckabee's stance is indicative of his politically conservative views and religious beliefs, and he insisted that he will not soften his stance.
"I may be lonely, I may be the only one, but I'm going to stand absolutely faithful to the issue of marriage not because it's a politically expedient thing to do because it isn't," he said.
"I'm going to do it because I believe it's the right position, it's the biblical position, it's the historical position."
