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FOXNews Bill O'Reilly (Ron Mitchell) interviewed Mark Henkel - Sept 2006
from National Polygamy Advocate · host Mark Henkel
National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed by producer Ron Mitchell for the Bill O'Reilly Show on FOXNews television network, on September 14, 2006. In early September, the producer had made a media request. Mark Henkel attempted to call the producer 12 times, leaving a voicemail on the 2nd and 12th attempts. The producer finally called back. He asked the question backwards that, if UCAP (Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy) was "allowed" by government, would that not mean that same sex marriage would have to be allowed too. Mark Henkel gave his famous soundbite, that the question to consider is not whether such things are "allowed" but that government is not allowed to "disallow" what unrelated consenting adults choose for relationships, that it's a "Freedom of Assembly" issue. Mark Henkel also gave his other famous soundbite of the "only role for government in marriage.” Mark Henkel explained the established "Polygamy Rights Win-Win Solution to end the marriage debate." The producer exclaimed "Interesting!" He said he could "do something with this" and that he found these arguments “all very consistent.” The two of them made plans for a follow-up call to make such arrangements. Over the following weeks, Mark Henkel made five more attempts to reach the producer, leaving a voicemail on the third one. Lastly, when an article appeared on the FOX News website that included Mark Henkel (unrelated to this interview with Ron Mitchell) on November 24, 2006, Mark Henkel made one last attempt to reach the producer on November 27, 2006. The Bill O'Reilly Show never got back to Mark Henkel. Instead, over the coming years, the host began pushing big government solutions to support marriage control and to routinely assert false scare-tactics about polygamy. The host knew full-well of Mark Henkel's true limited government solution. As Bill O'Reilly had subsequently become no "conservative" (even while pretending to be so on a "conservative" TV news network) especially in regard to the marriage control issue, O’Reilly instead did the very same things that he accused "the liberal media" of doing and of not reporting the whole truth. Mark Henkel was later known to have nicknamed the host, "LibbeReilly," from the perspective of polygamists - a play-on-words with the host's name to "out" the dishonest host as a fake "conservative." By Bill O'Reilly's own standards of defining liberla media, he had become a modern "liberal" indeed. That all could have been prevented if the show had simply followed through with this interview that had excited the show's producer - if "LibbeReilly" had instead begun to report the whole truth, had stopped acting like the "liberal media" he pretended to oppose, and had stopped intentionally mispresenting polygamy from thereonafter. http://www.NationalPolygamyAdvocate.com
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National Polygamy Advocate ™ Mark Henkel was interviewed by producer Ron Mitchell for the Bill O'Reilly Show on FOXNews television network, on September 14, 2006. In early September, the producer had made a media request. Mark Henkel attempted to call the producer 12 times, leaving a voicemail on the 2nd and 12th attempts. The producer finally called back. He asked the question backwards that, if UCAP (Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy) was "allowed" by government, would that not mean that same sex marriage would have to be allowed too. Mark Henkel gave his famous soundbite, that the question to consider is not whether such things are "allowed" but that government is not allowed to "disallow" what unrelated consenting adults choose for relationships, that it's a "Freedom of Assembly" issue. Mark Henkel also gave his other famous soundbite of the "only role for government in marriage.” Mark Henkel explained the established "Polygamy Rights Win-Win Solution to end the marriage debate." The producer exclaimed "Interesting!" He said he could "do something with this" and that he found these arguments “all very consistent.” The two of them made plans for a follow-up call to make such arrangements. Over the following weeks, Mark Henkel made five more attempts to reach the producer, leaving a voicemail on the third one. Lastly, when an article appeared on the FOX News website that included Mark Henkel (unrelated to this interview with Ron Mitchell) on November 24, 2006, Mark Henkel made one last attempt to reach the producer on November 27, 2006. The Bill O'Reilly Show never got back to Mark Henkel. Instead, over the coming years, the host began pushing big government solutions to support marriage control and to routinely assert false scare-tactics about polygamy. The host knew full-well of Mark Henkel's true limited government solution. As Bill O'Reilly had subsequently become no "conservative" (even while pretending to be so on a "conservative" TV news network) especially in regard to the marriage control issue, O’Reilly instead did the very same things that he accused "the liberal media" of doing and of not reporting the whole truth. Mark Henkel was later known to have nicknamed the host, "LibbeReilly," from the perspective of polygamists - a play-on-words with the host's name to "out" the dishonest host as a fake "conservative." By Bill O'Reilly's own standards of defining liberla media, he had become a modern "liberal" indeed. That all could have been prevented if the show had simply followed through with this interview that had excited the show's producer - if "LibbeReilly" had instead begun to report the whole truth, had stopped acting like the "liberal media" he pretended to oppose, and had stopped intentionally mispresenting polygamy from thereonafter. http://www.NationalPolygamyAdvocate.com
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