God, Mike Huckabee and the Constitution: Tearing down the "wall of separation"?

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God, Mike Huckabee and the Constitution: Tearing down the "wall of separation"?

Christian values usually features prominently in Mike Huckabee's stump speech. But Huckabee got specific in Michigan on Monday night, elaborating on his belief that the constitution needs to be amended.

"[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.

Did Huckabee cross the bounds of American political discourse?

Ben likes: Huckabee just lost the election

RC2/Wheat and Weeds

If I work really hard, I can just barely defend that remark, but jiminy, if that quotation is accurate, it's a disaster. In one sentence Mike Huckabee just:

ceded the ground to those who would make the Constitution into anything they want (that's what he's doing after all)...

and arguably called for theocracy (that's how it will play in the attack ads should he be the nominee).

Joel likes: Amending the Constitution to represent God's standards

Scout Finch/Daily Kos

Yes, he wants to amend the Constitution to reflect God's laws. American Taliban anyone? How long before adultery is punishable by stoning? And divorce? Forget about it. We should probably go ahead and cancel the NFL on Sundays too. Mike Huckabee's grand plan to save America is to save us all... one by one. The question is, are voters ready to be saved?