Same-Sex Marriage: The New Socialism!

For months, conservatives have equated healthcare reform with socialism. Now, one conservative has moved on to a more comprehensive analysis. Representative Steve King of Iowa argues that same-sex marriage is an essential step on the road to a socialist takeover of the United States:

If there's a push for a socialist society where the foundations of individual rights and liberties are undermined and everybody is thrown together living collectively off one pot of resources earned by everyone, this is one of the goals they have to go to, same sex marriage, because it has to plow through marriage in order to get to their goal. They want public affirmation, they want access to public funds and resources. Eventually all those resources will be pooled because that’s the direction we’re going. And not only is it a radical social idea, it is a purely socialist concept in the final analysis.

Huh???

Thanks to Alex Koppelman of Salon.com for this story.

Update: Think Progress has now covered the issue and provided a longer quotatation.