In an interview with CBS News political consultant John Dickerson, Huckabee said the decision could "destroy" President Obama, though not marriage itself.
"It may destroy him [Obama], may destroy his credibility, may destroy his campaign and candidacy and ultimately his term in office," Huckabee said. "It takes more than one president to destroy marriage."
In his new book, "A Simple Government," the ordained minister writes that traditional families - those grounded in a marriage between a man and a woman - promote economic stability.
"[Marriage] is the foundational form of government," Huckabee told CBS News.
Huckabee could not remember any major Democratic candidate opposing DOMA during the 2008 campaign. "He himself didn't take this position when he ran for president. I think if he had, he wouldn't be president," Huckabee said.
Added Huckabee: "I think he owes the people of America an explanation - was he being disingenuous and dishonest then, is he being dishonest now, or did he change his view and if he did, when and why?"
Yet the former Arkansas governor is incorrect in suggesting that Mr. Obama did not oppose DOMA as a candidate. In August 2007, campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said, "He supports the complete repeal of DOMA which is the same position he has held since early 2004."
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