Huckabee: Amend constitution to God's standards

[Autodidact]

Originally Posted by Wandered Off

GOP candidate Mike Huckabee:


Scary stuff.

I swear, if this man is elected President I really am going to move back to Canada. I'm not kidding.

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by Autodidact

I swear, if this man is elected President I really am going to move back to Canada. I'm not kidding.

You wouldn't be safe there. This moron would have a nuclear arsenal.

The best thing to do is to convince all the non-voters to vote.

[Seyorni]

Whose God? and whose standards?

Theravada Buddhist standards? LDS standards? "God's standards" couldn't be more ambiguous.

The US was founded during The Enlightenment as an experiment in Radical Humanism. The Wars of Religion were fresh in the minds of our founding fathers, as were our own restricted communities, religious exclusion laws, witch hangings, blasphemy laws, &c.
Few people in our modern, ecumenical society can conceive of the religious strife, violence and intolerance that existed a few centuries ago.

Why would Mr Huckabee want to return to that turbulent, bloody time? Has he no knowledge of history?
This proposal is as flagrantly anti-American as you could get!

[Autodidact]

My first reaction on reading the OP was that it must be mistaken but no, he really said it:

"[Some of my opponents] 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 is to amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than try to change God's standards," Huckabee said, referring to the need for a constitutional human life amendment and an amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

(MSNBC)

My second reaction: American politics have really gone to Hell that a candidate could say this and still be taken seriously. The crackpots have taken over the system.

[Wandered Off]

Originally Posted by Autodidact

My first reaction on reading the OP was that it must be mistaken but no, he really said it:

I thought the same thing. I simply couldn't fathom such a suggestion from a serious candidate, but then they ran the audio in his own voice. I was already dead-set against this guy, but this takes it to a whole new level.

Hands off the Constitution. It's there to limit government, not individuals.

[YmirGF]

Huckleberry is a marginalized moron. It is good to see his "thinking" coming out of the closet before people get too entranced by his charm. Mit Romney is, by far, the best Republican candidate, imho.

[lunamoth]

Originally Posted by Wandered Off

GOP candidate Mike Huckabee:


Scary stuff.

[Blentyn chan Celi]

I think Mike is a tremendous fellow, but I will not vote for him. There is a big fat red line between obeying God and passing laws forcing others to obey him. The function of the executer of the law is not to decide what should be done, but to do the will of the people. I agree with his position on abortion, but that has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with morality. GO NAVY.

[gnomon]

Originally Posted by Wandered Off

GOP candidate Mike Huckabee:


Scary stuff.

Hopefully it will destroy his campaign.

I doubt it will unless he keeps bringing it up.