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Truly scary. I'm a Catholic He going to make that unconstitutional?

Not sure what Huckabee means here. Here's press release we issued recently.

Mike Huckabee, From Biblical/Constitutional Perspective, Is Still Clueless, A Double-Minded Man

Recovering Republican John Lofton, Editor of TheAmericanView.com and co-host of “The American View” radio show with the Constitution Party’s 2004 Presidential candidate Michael Anthony Peroutka, has issued the following statement:

Mike Huckabee has said that he is a “Christian Leader.” But, as a Presidential candidate, he is not leading as a Christian. He has given no explicitly Biblical answers to any question. In fact, on numerous issues, he has run away from his professed Biblical faith sounding, operationally, de facto, like an atheist, like just another politician.

If you will listen to The American View radio show
137 http://www.theamericanview.com/index.php?id=967,
you will hear Mr. Huckabee: Refusing to defend the Christian faith and running away from his having once said that America must be taken back for Christ; saying he would have no problem appointing atheists to positions in his administration (what would an oath mean to such an unbeliever?). In addition, he refuses to support and say what God says about homosexuality; he opposes criminal penalties for women who murder their children by abortion; and, of course, there’s that unbelievably stupid and dishonest press conference where he said he had done an anti-Romney but decided not to show it – and then he showed it to the press corps so they could see what he wasn’t going to show! Then, after supposedly spiking his anti-Romney ad, he appeared on network TV making some of the same charges that were in the ad he, alledgedly, killed!

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Christians, above all others, should speak honestly and plainly letting their yeas be yea, their nays be nay (Matthew 5:37, James 5:12) lest the cause of Christ be disgraced and ridiculed. But, alas, Mr. Huckabee is not such a plain, honest speaker. In many ways, without exaggerating, it could be said that he is a political cuttlefish who, when confronted with direct quotes re: things he actually said, squirts cloud-after-cloud of obfuscating verbal ink all over his questioner the result being that many times one forgets the question he was being asked – that being, of course, his intention. Cuttlefish, incidentally, have been called the chameleons of the sea because of their remarkable ability to rapidly alter their skin color at will.

If you’d like to interview John Lofton, you may reach him by calling: 301-873-4612; 410-760-8885; or by email: JLof@aol.com.

We have a secular government so that people can set their own standards of Godliness and/or secular standards.

The Jim Crow era was claimed to be of Godly standards (I went to college in the Bible Belt and heard all the arguments)...and yet we know it wasn't.

Huckabee is blatantly trying to institute a neo-Jim Crow America, where the glorious, supernatural, born-again race is state privileged, dominates and is segregated from the "other."

This looks familiar. Has he been influenced by the Christian Reconstruction movement, "God's royal race"...which I thought was dormant now, but with people like Huckabee saying disgusting and hurtful things like this...?

In any case, Huckabee should be careful about judging his neighbors as lesser beings, which is what this statement really is.

His son has already raised eyebrows, and the more Huckabee attacks his neighbors as substandard and inferior, the more they're going to remember things. Even if the things were forgettable, misunderstood, understandable in context and/or confused. As I have just done myself...perhaps.

Yet, with statements like Huckabee's, they'll be more easily believed.

Huckabee is so utterly clueless it simply boggles the mind. His glib answers to questions mask a very confused political philosphy with decidedly big government emphases. I've said it before on this blog -- Evangelicals, WAKE UP! Huckabee is a big-government liberal in the Jorge Busheron tradition. He is thus anti-freedom and governmental interference positive. Reject him at all costs.

No, the Constitution does not need to be changed -- at least not to reflect "Christian" values. The Federal government has NO business telling us who can and cannot marry, what drugs we are "allowed" to take, how to raise our children or whom we can have sexual relations with. Their job is to protect us from foreign attacks and promote a sound monetary system, and little else.

Any right the government can grant it can take away. We may want folks like Huckabee in office because they're more in line with our morals, but please understand that in a generation views on matters like this may change. For example: If the government can ban abortion they can also demand it for "defective" children. Please America, wake up. Love God and love your neighbor and stop ignorantly giving up your rights to people who don't have your best interest at heart.

If this is at all true, any lingering thoughts I might have as to supporting Huckabee just flew out the window.

This is interesting. Today is National Religious Freedom Day, Does Mr. Huckabee understand what that means? We're fortunate to live in a country where we can worship God as we feel is right. Not every person has the same interpretation of God's standards. I've been participating in a live forum on www.onedialog.com that proves this point. It's interesting to see so many closely related but yet different view points. It's worth checking out. Maybe Mr. Huckabee ought to consider participating!

It is unfortunate Huckabee made this statement, because (1) he needs lots of time to unpackage clearly what he meant by the comment and, (2) He is throwing a bone with meat on it to vicious dogs who will delight in giving hundreds of (persoanl agenda) interpretations as to his intentions.

Pastor Charles J. Wisdom

Perhaps Huckabee is right. Perhaps we should amend the constitution to put a religious test in so that lunatics like him will be forever barred from holding public office.

Works both ways!

Here's the rub. Huckabee loses the race because he forgets to speak in the politically correct version of Christianese. Now please tell us who that leaves to be president? Pat Robertson's Rudy? Bob Jones' Mitt? Brownback's McCain? Moses' Fred Thompson?

When Paul explained the purpose of civil government in Romans 13, he said nothing about defining social institutions such as marriage and the family. The role of government, according to the Scriptures, is to punish the wicked and commend the righteous. Paul and other New Testament writers lived in a pagan society, yet not one of them lobbied for the prohibition of idol worship in the Roman Empire. Were they wrong for not seeking to bring their government in line with God's standards?

When each State may have a different definition of marriage, it creates a serious problem for someone who relocates to another State which does not recognize the same criteria. The constitution is not easily amended; the provision for amending the constitution should be used when there is a conflicting situation that results in confusion about individual rights. It creates a difficult situation for a couple who may not have reciprical recognition from one state to another. I do not think righteousness can be legislated. However, even without considering what God ordained for marriage, the form of national government that we have should recognize that legal marriage must be acceptable to the majority of our society and recognized across State lines. My preference is the same as the majority of Americans - traditional marriage - one man and one woman. I have the same questions about the "Civil Union" that some States provide for same sex couples. When information that shows a traditional family mom and dad is avoided or removed from the public school system, it implys that the traditional family is not OK. I do have a serious problem when the education my grandchildren receive in the public school system implies that having two dads or two moms is "normal" and having a mom and dad is not.

I am flabbergasted at this comment! I have been honestly looking at Huckabee, but this is over the top and I know he does not need to be President, even VP.

I am a the very conservative evangelical "stereotype" he is supposed to "appeal" to. (the press should actually interview us and not the "popular" preachers)

I do not consider myself a Dem or Rep or Independent. I am a Constitutionalist. The Document is fine... the problem is continued interpretations and bending of words. (what is "is"?)

Take the Constitution t at face value, let the states and localities make local laws and their own calls as provided in the Constitution and State Constitutions.

He will not be a good president.

I've heard it all. Huckabee's too conservative, too Populist, too Evangelical, too liberal, that he has too much government experience or not enough.

I doubt that what Huckabee meant was an overthrow of the Constitution.

It may hurt him, especially among those who let others do their parsing for them. One of the reasons I support him is because I'm an Evangelical who's tired of the R.N.C., Rush Limbaugh, or other power brokers telling me what I need to think.

The Framers deliberately rejected a religious framework for our national government, crafting instead a secular founding document. Their wisdom in doing so has served us well for two centuries. Anyone who would propose undoing what they did in that regard is not a conservative; rather, s/he is a liberal, nay, a radical. That should be self-evident to all.

Actually, Muzzarelli, until the Supreme Court's 1967 "Loving vs Virginia" ruling, interracial couples were in that exact situation.

What is everyones opinion on Ron Paul?
I have been listening closely to several of the canidates and find that Ron Paul speaks sincerely of his beliefs regarding the constitution. I am concerned about this particular presidency. I do not know who I am inclined to vote for but truthfully, Ron Paul has been the only one that to me has come across as a person truly concerned with this countries outcome. I have three daughters and am greatly concerned for their future. I would love to here what others have to say regarding Ron Paul.
Thank You

The Constitution may need to be changed again someday. It does *not* need to be changed now to "so it's in God's standards." We don't apply a religious test to a person's right to be a candidate for office, and we don't need to apply religious tests to the Constitution. This is a perfectly good example of why we need to maintain a separation between church and state. As a Baptist, I am surprised that Gov. Huckabee is suggesting this kind of change.

My faith is in God--not government nor the Constitution. Yes, I am blessed to live in the United States yet I lived during a time when prayer and Bible reading was promoted in public schools. I prayed to a God I did not know and I read the truth I did not understand. We cannot legislate a changed heart by changing the Constitution--religious freedom and protection of the citizenry is what is needed.

Maybe we need to ask the cadidate what he meant by the statement rather than assuming he meant to include or exclude any class of people...our constitution does need some revision, our understanding of God's standard does need to be reviewed...no cadidate can become a spokesman for every position that a group of Christians is important...Could we use a little less criticism and a little more prayer?

Other than recanting it entirely, what meaning could he give to this statement that would make it acceptable?

The guy has revealed that he wants to put his brand on our government--and, to that extent, remake our secular republic into a government molded to fit his view of "God's standards." The problem is not that "his view" is not the same as mine. The problem is that if ANYONE's view of God's standards is impressed on our government, our two-hundred-year-old experiment with secular government ends and we head into the future with government and religion fused together (as was typical before the Enlightenment).

In his zeal to press his religious ideas on others, Huckabee has lost sight of what America is all about. He seems ready to bend or break any institution that stands in his way--our secular republic, science, public schools, etc.

I was leaning toward Huckabee in his quest for President. However, his current statement re: change the Constitution to put it in line with the Bible was over the wall. In n my opinion he has strongly weakend any chance he had to become the GOP candidate in '08.

I find myself in a void at the moment on whom to support. I like McCain but don't think he can garner the Democratic vote he'll need to win. Rudy is a tad too liberal for me on many issues, and the remaining candidate can't win period. Thus, at this point in the race, I just might not vote for anyone for President in either party and vote on state and local issues only.

Here's the rub. Huckabee loses the race because he forgets to speak in the politically correct version of Christianese. Now please tell us who that leaves to be president?Pat Robertson's Rudy? Bob Jones' Mitt? Brownback's McCain? Moses' Fred Thompson?

How about Luther's Ron Paul?

our Government needs to obey the constitution that we have. It has been amended several times and there is a one or two amendments that needs to bc changed back to the origanal.

To suggest that the Constitution is unbiblical, is to suggest that the framers of the Constitution weren't so certain about what they were doing, and were just taking a pot shot at appeasing the nation, in order to make it feel that, "Father Knows Best."

Examine ALL of the journals, letters, private writings, speeches, and events that led up to the writing of the Constitution, (as well as the backgrounds of the writers, which I doubt most are willing to do), and I think you'll find a great deal of wisdom that is still relevant today.

All Constitutional decisions regarding change must look at all of America, not just a private interest group, or personal faith group, of any kind. Significant consideration of change in a nation demands wise counsel from those who possess verifiable information, documentation and who truly know the pulse of a nation. I wonder if America can truly find her own soul. A President can't find it for them.

We can legislate a vision and be founded on right principles, however the KEY is in the Plan of Execution. That's what President's and Congress do, along with others. One can not legislate the "desire" to do the right thing for the right reasons. One can not legislate an American "Conscience." We can legislate laws and the make sure they are upheld. Many may "comply" with the law, so the masses don't riot, and the nation doesn't go bankrupt. Change within a citizen's heart however... can NEVER be legislated, even if the US Constitution is changed.

Rev. David Hammock
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Columbia, SC – Huckabee for President Campaign Manager Chip Saltsman issued the following statement regarding a comment made by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee on television this morning:

"The Constitution has been amended 27 times in 221 years. Included in those amendments are free speech, freedom of religion, emancipation of the slaves, and women's right to vote. Gov Huckabee supports amendments for marriage and human life. His comments today were directed toward his support for those two important amendments."

CINO - Christian in Name Only

It is disheartening that people of faith attack or scorn a person who openly and unashamedly speaks his faith. Some are making decisions or forming opinions based on statements taken out of context. It would be appropriate to visit the candidate's site www.mikehuckabee.com and view other sources about Huckabee to learn about the person before rushing to an ill-considered knee-jerk reaction.

I am appalled that so many commentators on this post who should be
Evangelical or at least orthodox and traditional in their view of Biblical faith, theology and culture, go out of their way to pander to the humanistic, anti-Christian, "politically correct" fashions of our decadent age. If one cannot realize that the sanctity of the pre-born and the sanctity of traditonal marriage is not only a foundational teaching of Biblical Christianity but also a foundation for society as well, then what use and purpose does all of our rationalizing to please the modern mindset? Might as well close the churches and theological schools and law schools as irrelevant to either good morals, good sense or good law.

Huckabee realizes what should be the simple undisputed truth that the rights of the unborn to life and the establishment of man and woman as the baisc unit of the family is Biblical! If these things are not Biblical and Christian, then what is? These truths should also be recognized as common sense foundations of natural law as well.

Is it alright to allow anti-Christian, secular humanists, hedonists
and others with their philosophical and "religious" views to impose themselves and their dereliction upon society through the courts and even the Constitution itself, but then go squeashy and milktoast
about promoting the greater rights because it might offend some
infidel, pervert, or leftist political/cultural crusader who cares nothing about maintaing an ordered civilization.

Huckabee did not even intimate that he was trying to set up a state church. He spoke of great enduring moral/cultural/politcal rights
that decent people of various faiths or no faiths should be able to recognize as urgently needed to amend the terrible excesses of liscense and licentious in our nation.

If you pontificaters here think Huckabee is the threat instead of those that are the real threat to civilized order, then mercy on you
for having abandoned your mission as Christians as salt in society
to become seekers after worldly praise or the "lust of the eyes,"
the "lust of the flesh," and the "pride of life."

Eveyone should know by now that Huckabee is pro-life and has always been supportive of a constitutional ammendment protecting the right to life, in regards to the unborn. This is also true of his support of traditional marriage. He supports a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as being a union between one man and one woman. As far as what he said about changing the constitution to be more in line with God's Word, he was referring to these two issues and the proposed amendments thereof. If the founding fathers could have forseen all the abortions that have been going on in our country, rest assurred they would've included the right to life of the unborn in their original document. But abortion was not practiced in the 1700's. Abortion is wrong in God's eyes, and so is same sex marriages. People have a problem with polygamy, multiple wives, but not homosexual marriage?

You people and Olsen really shock me. You have become part of the problem and not part of the solution of this post christian era of our country. You would be so critical of a brother in Christ just to pleasure your own "code of ethics" of how a believer is to act in public. How pharisaical you have become, so much so that you don't see the hand of God and the movement of God that is happening before your very eyes. How you have become so cynical I do not know, but you should repent and open your eyes.

Ted (if you're still reading comments on this post), the question for Mike Huckabee is not about the Bible or the Constitution.

The question that apparently no reporter (to my knowledge) has been insightful enough to ask is, "Governor Huckabee, what would happen to clergy housing allowances under your Fair Tax proposal?"

If someone ever asks that, Ted, please let us pastors know how he answers. If you think the housing bubble bursting was loud...:)

Oh, and then the reporter could ask Governor Romney, "Boxers or briefs?":)

From the looks of some of these comments, it appears that there are several who are anything but Christians reading this article. There should be an amendment to the Constitution and Huckabee was right. I am not into church mandated legalism as much as the next guy, but the abortion and marriage issues are clearly destructive socially, regardless of their religious origins. Remember what happened to the Israelites when they refused to listen to the prophets? It would seem to me that Huckabee is a prophet just trying to intervene on behalf of some of you morons who don't get it.

John Wilhite ...great commentary!