“I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God,” said Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee at a Michigan campaign event on Jan. 14. “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.”

He was referring to having amendments banning gay marriage and abortion.

In a world where people fear losing their rights, there is a candidate who seeks to control what individual people can do with their own private body.

The government has no right to intrude into someone’s right to choose, but that might change under a President Huckabee.

In an interview with religious Web site Beliefnet.com, Huckabee said, “I think the radical view is to say that we’re going to change the definition of marriage so that it can mean two men, two women, a man and three women, a man and a child, a man and animal. Again, once we change the definition, the door is open to change it again. I think the radical position is to make a change in what’s been historic.”

The constitution was written by a group of men who had particular religious leanings. The government was set up where a person’s religious faith was not a factor of whether they were fit to hold public office.

It is Huckabee who the American public needs to be worried about because he says all these things with a straight face.

During primary season, candidates tend to pander to the extremes of their party to achieve the nomination. Once they get the party’s nomination, they tend to come back to the middle to court the rest of the voters.

Huckabee is not pandering to the extremes; this is what he really believes and he’s not going to change for anyone.

Maybe part of the problem is that while the separation of church and state was not explicitly written into the Constitution, the clause, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.…” is interpreted to say that religion can play no part in government decision-making.

Should Huckabee become president and push for amendments banning gay marriage and abortion in order to bring the constitution up to his God’s standards, he would be violating the First Amendment.

There was a time when the Republican Party was all about smaller government and letting the people take care of themselves. Now it seems that they have adapted the idea that “War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Ignorance Is Strength.”

Under the current president, the government has been spying on their own people. Under a possible President Huckabee, the government would control what a person can do with their most prized possession: themselves.

I have faith that the voters in this country will not nominate Huckabee. What worries me is that someone can say exactly what Huckabee is saying and make it so far in the primary elections.
People can have faith. People can have their own personal beliefs. In the end, elected officials work for the people and they should not use a “higher power” to make decisions. They should help unite, not control, the people.

People can have faith. People can have their own personal beliefs. In the end, elected officials work for the people and they should not use a “higher power” to make decisions. They should help unite, not control, the people.