Ben Carson appeared on Fox News again. This means Ben Carson stuck his foot in his mouth, saying he was "irritated" by comparisons between marriage equality and civil rights because well now we're not making gay Americans drink from separate water fountains now, are we? (And that's why we should make gay Americans use separate florists, because logic.)
This means that when Ben Carson appeared on CNN the following day, he had something to talk about. Apparently, though, his handlers had freshly reminded him that he had promised not to.
“I don’t want to talk about the gay issue unless you can get the answer to this question. Who believes in the traditional marriage that would be acceptable?” he asked.
No, I can't parse that either.
The Constitution, Carson said, protects “every single American” with “equal rights, not extra rights.”
“Everybody should be protected against discrimination. Can we move on to something more important?” he asked.
What, like Ben Carson's plan for Middle East peace? Your platform doesn't have that many planks to begin with, Ben, don't start sawing anything off just yet.
“Christians face a lot of discrimination,” he added. “I wish we could talk more about that.”
Oh, please do. Please, please do.
All Ben Carson has to do is hang in for the debates. That's all. That's enough for him to keep cashing public appearance checks for a long, long time, and enough to make the debates just ever that much more fun for the rest of us. He owes us that much.