Mike Huckabee is a jackass

[The Ozzman]

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Huckabee_Amend_Constitution_to_meet_Gods_0115.html

The United States Constitution never uses the word "God" or makes mention of any religion, drawing its sole authority from "We the People." However, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee thinks it's time to put an end to that.
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"I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution," Huckabee told a Michigan audience on Monday. "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."

When Willie Geist reported Huckabee's opinion on MSNBC's Morning Joe, co-host Mika Brzezinski was almost speechless, and even Joe Scarborough couldn't immediately find much to say beyond calling it "interesting,"

Scarborough finally suggested that while he believes "evangelicals should be able to talk politics ... some might find that statement very troubling, that we're going to change the Constitution to be in line with the Bible. And that's all I'm going to say."

Geist further noted of Huckabee that if "someone without his charm," said that, "he'd be dismissed as a crackpot, but he's Mike Huckabee and he's bascially the front-runner."

 

[Evil?]

What a faggot.

 

[AchrisK]

Without a context it sounds like he is wanting to rewrite the whole thing, but I doubt that is the case. I wonder if he was speaking of a specific issue, like maybe the definition of marriage. If so, there are many people who want to make that change, and for many reasons...most of them centereing around the traditional definition of marriage. He may just be stating a very common view, but in a way that reveals a common motivation which may not typically be voiced or even recognized.

 

[The Ozzman]

Except marriage isn't talked about in the Constitution, so that is irrelevant to what he wants to do to it.

 

[AchrisK]

Except marriage isn't talked about in the Constitution, so that is irrelevant to what he wants to do to it.

oh

 

[Evil?]

Even if is was speaking about a specific issue, that is still a faggot statement.

 

[The Ozzman]

oh

How do you not know that marriage isn't talked about in the Constitution?

 

[AchrisK]

I've never read it, that I remember. But I thought everyone is always talking about amending the Constitution to include something about the definition of marriage. Is that another document?

 

[The Ozzman]

I've never read it, that I remember. But I thought everyone is always talking about amending the Constitution to include something about the definition of marriage. Is that another document?

...

 

[AchrisK]

what?

 

[The Ozzman]

There is no current amendment outlining what defines marriage. The Constitution would be amended to INCLUDE this provision, if that would be put up by Congress.

It probably wouldn't pass though, considering you need the House and Senate to both pass it, as well as 2/3rds of the states to ratify it.

 

[ThisIsACoolName]

So, pretty much, he's not into that whole "religious freedom" craze the founding fathers were on about when they wrote the constitution.

 

[Zephyrus]

The saddest part is that a majority of people in this country doesn't have a problem with what this asshole's saying.

 

[ThisIsACoolName]

Yeah, that's pretty terrifying.

 

[AchrisK]

There is no current amendment outlining what defines marriage. The Constitution would be amended to INCLUDE this provision, if that would be put up by Congress.

Right. You're quoting me like I am crazy or something. So it likely IS what I said in my first post. So it's not as outlandish as it seems when taken out of context. I am not saying it is not controversial, but this report is definitely attempting to remove the context to make the whole thing seem more radical than it is.

 

[The Ozzman]

You impled in the first post that it was in the Constitution already

 

[ThisIsACoolName]

The context really doesn't matter.

 

[skeptik]

What Huckabee is proposing is fundamentally in opposition to some of the core primary principles upon which this country was founded. This is essentially a fascistic attack upon individual sovereignty. This should entirely negate him as a candidate for president, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[The Heartbreak Kid]

Religion is too crazy in the States for me.

 

[Zephyrus]

Interesting that those we call "Conservative" are pushing for more change, albeit retrogressive, than all the Liberals who stand by the Constitution.