If you very carefully parse the words Huckabee and Giuliani use to describe gays you encounter an interesting split. It all comes down to the difference between the words "sin" and "sinful." The first refers to failing to live up to God's expectations and no matter how severe the offense (such as murder) it can be forgiven and forgotten. In contrast, "sinful" means rejecting God's guidance and rejecting what is right. So, according to Huckabee, adultery is a sin, but homosexuality is sinful because no matter how far the first is outside God's laws (and it made the Top Ten), the second is also "unnatural" and "aberrant." He may sin (no, I'm not accusing him of adultery), but he is never sinful. But Giuliani doesn't describe gays as sinful and makes no distinctions between his own sins and those of a gay person. That would make a big difference in policy, though I'll take any Democratic nominee over either one of these guys. This commentary includes full transcripts of both candidates remarks.
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