Huckabee

Campaigning in Michigan, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee explained why he supports two amendments to the U.S. Constitution, a human life amendment and an amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman: “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.”

Why stop there, Huck? The Constitution contemplates the killing of a convicted criminal by either the federal government (Fifth Amendment) or a state government (Fourteenth Amendment) because the deprivation of a person’s life is permitted with due process of law. That clearly conflicts with one of God’s Commandments: You shall not kill. Huck, did you think about the word of the living God when you bragged about having carried out the death penalty 16 time when you were Governor of Arkansas, more than any other Arkansas Governor in history?

And, Huck, what about Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution? That needs to be looked at too. It gives Congress the power to declare war, to raise and support armies, and to provide and maintain a navy. That directly contradicts the words of Jesus, in both Matthew 5: 43-48 and Luke 6: 27-36. Huck, did you think about the word of the living God when you supported the war in Iraq from its beginning, and do you think about the word of the living God as you continue to support that war?

Huck, some have called you a huckster, but you’re worse than that: you’re a cafeteria Christian.