And back here in the United States, the campaign for Republican hopeful Mike Huckabee has responded to allegations he equated homosexuality with necrophilia. In a 1998 children’s book that also equated environmentalism with pornography, Huckabee wrote, “It is now difficult to keep track of the vast array of publicly endorsed and institutionally supported aberrations — from homosexuality and pedophilia to sadomasochism and necrophilia.” Asked about the comments, Huckabee campaign research director Joe Carter said, “No way is he saying that homosexuality is like having sex with dead people. That’s not it at all.”