Townhall.com
Todd Starnes
March 6, 2018

One of country music’s most powerful executives, says gun-toting, Bible-clinging fans like former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee are no longer welcome.

The controversy started when the Country Music Association triggered a massive outbreak of microaggressions after they appointed Huckabee to the board of its charitable foundation.

Huckabee has been a longtime supporter of music education so his appointment to a charitable board that supports music programs for young people was a perfect fit.

However, a mob of social justice warriors, led by openly gay country music executive Jason Owen, protested – calling Huckabee’s appointment “grossly offensive” and “heartbreaking.”

“This man has made it clear that my family is not welcome in his America,” the owner of Sandbox Entertainment wrote in a letter to the CMA. “And the CMA has opened their arms to him, making him feel welcome and relevant.”

Owen, whose roster includes Faith Hill, Little Big Town, Kacey Musgraves and Midland, threatened to pull out of the CMA Foundation over Huckabee’s appointment.

“Huckabee speaks of the sort of things that would suggest my family is morally beneath his and uses language that has a profoundly negative impact upon young people all across this country,” he wrote.

For the record, Huckabee is a born-again, Southern Baptist preacher who follows the teachings of the Holy Bible. And that includes the Bible’s directives on marriage.

Owen also objected to the former governor’s involvement with the National Rifle Association calling it “harmful and damaging.”

“What a shameful choice,” he wrote. “I will not participate in any organization that elevates people like this to positions that amplify their sick voices.”

Less than 24 hours later, Huckabee resigned from the CMA Foundation Board and wrote an open letter to the industry titled “Hate Wins.”

“If the industry doesn’t want people of faith or who hold conservative and traditional political views to buy tickets and music, they should be forthcoming and say it,” Huckabee wrote.

Huckabee said he did not want the controversy to overshadow the good work of the foundation – helping children.

“All of us have deep passions about our beliefs. I do about mine. But I hate no one,” he wrote. “I wish upon NO ONE the loss of life or livelihood because that person sees things differently than me.”

Has it really come to this, America? Must we renounce our religious beliefs and bow down to those who will not tolerate tolerance?

“I hope that the music and entertainment industry will become more tolerant and inclusive and recognize that a true love for kids having access to the arts is more important than a dislike for someone or a group of people because of who they are or what they believe,” Huckabee wrote.

I’d be willing to bet a gallon of sweet tea and a bucket of chicken that a good many country music fans go to church, own a gun and share the same beliefs as Gov. Huckabee.

That’s why there are more country music songs about God and pickup trucks and honky-tonks instead of Chevy Volts and juice bars.

Folks, I’d be lying if I said I was not concerned about Gov. Huckabee’s public flogging. As difficult as it may be we have to ask whether the country music industry has been overrun by a bunch of anti-Christian, gun-hating bullies.

I certainly hope that is not the case, but one thing is mighty clear – we’re not in Hee Haw anymore.

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Country music just ain't country music anymore.

The bible is hate speech. Conservatism is hate speech. Tradition is hate speech. The bill of rights is hate speech. Burn it all.

My country music list ends at about 1984, with darn few exceptions. I like Hank Williams III, but mostly I listen to the old stuff, too. And yes, the queers have invaded every aspect of life and won't be pleased until we all engage in and espouse the virtues of aberrant sex.

I'm afraid we'll be seeing more and more of this as the millennial "arists" become socially aware and active. Country music is still out there, it's just not called that anymore. I wish that they'd just drop the name from the current garbage and just call it rural, suburban pop.

You mean the genre of music that espouses that you have to drive a 4x4 truck, drink beer, chew tobacco, and limit your cultural enlightenment to be country now wants itself to be seen as inclusive?

Because Bankrupt iheart radio (formerly clear channel) still deciding what we supposed to like and force feeds that on all the corporate stations

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“This man has made it clear that my family is not welcome in his America,” the owner of Sandbox Entertainment wrote in a letter to the CMA.

Fucking hypocrite. He makes it pretty clear Huckabee is not welcome in his America...

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Originally posted by Todd Huffman:
Country music just ain't country music anymore.

Yup!

Can't tell "country music" from that other, overly loud, nonsensical crap that passes as C&W nowadays.

Sadly

All one has to do is read the Bible verses in my signature line. Says it all right there...

Every now and then, my wife and I force ourselves to try to listen to our local C&W station, but it takes just a song or two before we quickly turn it off. One thing that makes this crappe "country" now are songs sung in overly Southern accents or singing about "country" things. It is ridiculous, to say the least.

Also, directly relating to the OP, I tried to listen to Kacey Musgraves, who is hot and has a traditional C&W voice, but I was quickly turned off by her completely non-traditional song, "Follow Your Arrow." Instead of a traditional Judeo/Christian moral compass, this song is about do WHATEVER you want.

Again, she is pretty and has a great voice, but if this blatant anti-Judeo/Christian crappe continues and only gets worse, I will NEVER EVER be tempted to try to listen to the C&W station again.

Huckabee should have just said Fuck You and ignore them.
Don't let them win.

I had no idea what Huckabee’s resignation was about. What a crying shame.

I’m glad Huckabee isn’t president.

I just can't see liberals and country music in the same world. But it's all about the money and that's what drives it. If they start this liberal pc crap they will lose their fan base in droves.

Have you listened to any of what passes for country music these days? With few exceptions, country ain't country no more. We have one local station that occasionally plays some of the older stuff...other than that, it's hard to listen to the radio anymore.

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Originally posted by benny6:
I’m glad Huckabee isn’t president.

Yeah. Huckabee folded faster than a cheap beach chair or Jeb! Bush. Not sure which.

In today's day and age, Johnny Cash would not be allowed to be a star in country music.

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Originally posted by Skull Leader:
You mean the genre of music that espouses that you have to drive a 4x4 truck, drink beer, chew tobacco, and limit your cultural enlightenment to be country now wants itself to be seen as inclusive?

I don't think Jason Owen has this one on his playlist as it isn't more inclusive than most, but I do.



P.S. You shouldn't have waited for the potato salad.

I don't like that Huckabee has stepped down but in the end it shows him to be a bigger man than Jason Owen and his twisted view on life and his sinful shameful life style.

As far as being or not being country music any more I haven't listened to any of the so called country stations in several years. I listen to Classical with the exception of some bluegrass gospel which I have had for years.