Huckabee's Theocracy

Oh, the latest from Mr. Huckabee in Michigan:

“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 thats what we need to do is amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than trying to change God’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view of how we treat each other and how we treat the family.”

Now, one thing is certainly the case: oftentimes many of us treat the U.S. Constitution as if it were a sacred cow. But... what Mr. Huckabee is advocating here is far from his supposed respect for separation of Church and State, or for treating the Constitution with the respect a founding charter requires. Mr. Huckabee has come across quite clearly, perhaps the clearest ever: he wants a theocratic, not democratic, nation. Hmmm... and some conservative evangelicals wonder why some folks are scared enough of the "religious right" to want to keep them away from politics?

On a lighter note... wouldn't it be easier to change the word of "the living God" given that his/her teachings have been multiply and differently interpreted throughout history, that multiple religious exist with different deities, and that this living God is a lot harder to find out and about?

Editorial Note: As per the request for a source of Huckabee's quote, click here for text and video of Mr. Huckabee making the statement. The site is Think Progress, the video is clear and straightforward.

Comments

[Al]

Can you source this quote, please?

[Nacho]

Al, I added the source to the post, but here it is also:

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/huckabee-amend-the-constitution-to-gods-standards

Thanks,

N

[Heidi]

I just watched Huckabee on the Colbert Report. He so fit in with the usual Colbert Report schtick that I wondered for a few minutes if this was a comedian who was a ringer for Huckabee. So I looked it up and found out it was really Huckabee. He really was deprecating Republican stances with his witty jokes. And I found out what a scary history he indeed has regarding social conservatism, and I realized this is a really dangerous candidate for us progressives. People will vote for him because he is funny and likeable and no other reason.

[donna]

Huckabee: Because we really need another sociopath in the White House!

[Huw Richardson]

Heidi: you've hit the nail on the head. "People will vote for him because he is funny and likeable and no other reason." That's what got us a Carter, Reagan 1 term, Clinton 1 term and Bush Junior 1 term. It can't explain their 2nd terms...

It seems American voters largely "like" their candidates or even "trust" them rather than "Agree" or "think about".

[USpace]

Huckabye? Huckabee wants to have adulterers, homosexuals and rape victims stoned to death. He also wants to make alcohol and music videos illegal, and make women 2nd class citizens and to take all girls out of school.

Oops, my bad, that's another 'religion'.

Hey, anybody but the PIAPS!

if you’re MAD
punish your country
VOTE for Hillary

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[jack]

I doubt Huckabee would get the Constitution changed, but he would use executive orders freely to implement his vision of moral right. The danger of the fundamentalist right is that they hold their views to be absolute truth and right. The human penchant for self-fraud is clearly wired into man's psyche such that often facts cannot overcome it. People want certainty so much they are pre-ordained to self deception.

Romney is equally scary from the opposite point of view. His moral beliefs are so malleable that they twist with every whiff of a vote.

The difficulty is reaching people who will not or cannot think clearly about things. I know many such people. They become very agitated and withdraw quickly or, alternatively become belligerent in a frantic attempt at self re-assurance, if discourse begins to challenge their thinking. At that point, I mostly drop it.

[scruffysmileyface]

Wait a minute...Was someone trying to change "the word of the living God" in order to bring it into accord with their own views? I doubt it. I think what we're seeing here is just more political pandering. Huckabee said that because he was in front of a church-type crowd. Seems to me that a true conservative platform (as opposed to the hateful "neo" crap we've heard so much of in the last decade or so) would dictate as little change as possible to the Constitution, and would leave changes or possible changes to "the word of the living God" in the hands of the Church.
Doesn't make sense anyway, does it? I mean, how do "we" change the "word of God"? Wouldn't that task fall to...um...God? At its most basic core, what would qualify any person - let alone Huckabuck, who boasts about how many people he's exocuted - to alter the word of a god?
Without being spiteful toward him or any of the others, I'm thankful that Buddhism so easily flies under the radar of such people.