Huckabee wants Constitution to be “God’s standards”

Only in America. And Iran. Few countries in the world would entertain the idea of founding their constitution on a religious standard. Sadly, I live in one.

It's astounding. A leading contender for the presidency of the United States, Mike Huckabee, says:

I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution. But I believe it's a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living god. And that's what we need to do -- to amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than try to change God's standards so it lines up with some contemporary view.

If ever there was a reason to embrace churchlessness, here it is.

Huckabee is an engaging guy with a good sense of humor (I enjoyed his recent repartee with Stephen Colbert), but he's also deeply troubling.

I prefer Christian crazies like Pat Robertson, who are so obviously loony that few take them seriously. Huckabee appeals to the Christian faithful, but his likable personal style has the potential of reeling in unsuspecting moderate voters.

Hopefully they'll notice his talk about bringing the Constitution in line with "God's standards" and realize that this is horribly un-American.

But wonderfully Iranian. In the early 1980s Ayatollah Khomeini revised the Iranian constitution along the lines Mike Huckabee salivates over.

Article 2
The Islamic Republic is a system based on belief in:
1. The One God (as stated in the phrase "There is no god except Allah"), His exclusive sovereignty and the right to legislate, and the necessity of submission to His commands;
2. Divine revelation and its fundamental role in setting forth the laws;
3. The return to God in the Hereafter, and the constructive role of this belief in the course of man's ascent towards God;
4. The justice of God in creation and legislation . . .

So before we amend the Constitution, this country needs to debate which God gets to set the standards. Christian? Jewish? Muslim? Sikh?

And if we add some quotation marks, "God" includes the divinity of Taoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and lots of other "ism's."

It's going to be tough deciding which religion has the best connection with God, and so can be trusted to guide our Constitution revision efforts.

Naturally I favor the Religion of Me. Which has a significant advantage over Huckabee's Christianity: I'm not trying to impose my faith on anybody else.

Comments

[Uncle Slam]

Huckster Huckaboo, that UN-American UN-Constiutional SOB, that Boosh Boot-licking ChristiaNazi Facist Pig, can KISS MY ASS.... And so can all of his fellow ChristiaNazi goons.

[Komposer]

wow uncle slam, couldn't have said it more eloquently!

[Cyfer]

uncle slm said

"Huckster Huckaboo, that UN-American UN-Constiutional SOB, that Boosh Boot-licking ChristiaNazi Facist Pig, can KISS MY ASS.... And so can all of his fellow ChristiaNazi goons."

Komposter said

"wow uncle slam, couldn't have said it more eloquently!"

WHAT A BUNCH OF INTOLARANT BIGITS.!!!!

liberals,- shrill, irrational, think they're superior.

Louie

[Komposer]

to cyfer,

I am not an "intolerant bigit," as you say, I am simply intolerant. Intolerant of any asshole who wants to assume control of a country I love and use fear tactics to take away the civil rights of the citizens who freely inhabit the country. I am intolerant of any president who starts a war based on lies and for selfish reasons, wasting our precious resources (lives and money) that could be much better spent on, say, helping the victims of Katrina? Improving education and health care? Or even on a tax break? I am intolerant of a president who does not want to respect the separation of church and state, a fundamental founding principle of this country. I am intolerant of any president who puts her/his religious beliefs before the welfare of the citizens (s)he is serving.

I admit that Mike Huckabee is a likable guy, but wanting to change the constitution to fit his Christian agenda IS literally fascist, unconstitutional, and un-American, and after the Bush years, I certainly have a right to be pissed off about that.

Cyfer, I think you truly don't understand the implications of what it would mean should such a horrendous thing come to pass...and it's funny, I usually hear conservatives criticizing folks for taking a liberal view on the constitution. If you are a conservative, please act like one and defend the constitution in the face of blatant nonsense like this.

[Huckleberry Hound]

Cyfer/Louie,

Fyi, I am NOT a damn liberal. Not even close. Nor am I a bigot, and I don't feel superior either. I am just not stupid and naive about these things like you are. So get your facts straight. And don't be such a fool for wolves in sheeps clothing like the Huckster.

This is not about liberals versus conservatives, or republicans versus democrats. This is about the Constitution and our rights. It is about not having religious facists and insane tyrants like Huck and Bush destroying our Constitutional Republic. You obviously don't know shit from shninola about what is really at stake here.

I feel the same as Komposer and Brian do. I just did not care to bother to be as polite about it. The Huckabeest is a very very dangersous man. And I shudder to even imagine him as president. Don't even go there. He is fundamentalist christian lunatic bastard, to put it mildly. He seems to have a friendly facade, but thats where it ends. The guy is a christian facist who wants to make religion rule over the state. That would be an unimaginable disaster, and especiallly after the Bush neo-con gang has brought their demonic nwo nightmare upon us.

So before you go making ridiculous bullshit remarks about others such as Komposer and myself, go educate yourself.

[Engineer Bill]

Recently, Romney clearly stated he would not base presidential decisions on Mormon beliefs, but rather his decisions would be based on the Constitution.

In fact, any elected candidate including the Huckster must swear at the inauguration ceremony to uphold the constitution. So, by declaring his intent to change the constitution to reflect "God's standards", he has disqualified himself from holding that office.

I haven't decided who I will vote for, but it would be foolish to rule out all republican candidates just because Bush is republican. Yet, that is exactly what many voters will do come election day.