Do You Agree With Mike Huckabee that it's time to "take back America for Christ"?

Question

Shoudn't it disturb you in a nation which professes religious freedom?

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Answer 1

I am a native Arkansan who is stunned to realize that he has achieved any prominence or consideration to be the leader of the United States. It scares me, quite frankly. His legacy and record are all slick rhetoric followed by pandering to a fundamentalist fan base.

His "covenant marriage act" that he lauded as such a wonderful victory for families is now chosen by a miniscule number of new couples marrying beause of the hardships it places on women in abusive relationships seeking divorce!

http://marriage.about.com/od/covenantmarriage/Covenant_Marriage.htm < read here about covenant marriages and the pitfalls


Here are some pages to check Huckabee's record. http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/huckabees_fiscal_record.html ( also do a search on Huckabee at factcheck and these items appear:
Huckabee claimed he would “abolish the IRS.” He failed to mention that he’d replace it with another big tax bureaucracy.
Huckabee said he had proposed to make children of illegal aliens eligible for Arkansas scholarships if they "had been in our schools their entire school life.” Actually, the proposal required only three years in Arkansas schools.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee praised a "fair tax" but failed to note that it would ease the burden on the richest Americans while imposing a stiff retail sales tax of perhaps 34 percent. Whether thie proposal he said he supported is "fair" or not is of course a matter of opinion. In fact, President Bush's bipartisan Advisory Panel on Tax Reform rejected the idea, saying it would substantially increase taxes for 80 percent of U.S. taxpayers while benefiting those at the top. The panel calculated that a sales tax would have to be set at 34 percent of retail sales prices to bring in the same revenue as the taxes it would replace, meaning that an automobile with a retail price of $10,000 would cost $13,400 including the new sales tax.


LOOK HERE also to see if what he supported in 2002 is what you want for your president..( He refused to answer the questions to these issues again in 2007) http://votesmart.org/npat.php?can_id=1657 < Project Vote Smart

Here it indicates when given the choices of supporting either k) Support age-appropriate sexual education programs that teach about abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods.
or
l) Support abstinence-only sexual education programs.
He chose the abstinence only sexual education program.
I went to school in the 60s and 70s and we learned about STD's THEN! I can recall learning that a girl in my very own class figured out she HAD an STD from watching the film in high school that taught about it. I cannot imagine a responsible parent, yet alone responsible leader not wanting a populace that is educated about our own bodies.

Is he afraid if children and teens learn about contraception and STDs that it encourages sex in that population? ( if so, he is also too ignorant to be the leader of the U.S. )

Can the U.S. afford a President whose science literacy is so low that he believes that creationism is a legitimate *alternative* to a scientific theory?

For a time I just wrote off the popularity of Huckabee among the vocal Christian conservatives in Arkansas a reflection of our states lower educational and economic status..but now that I see his rise in popularity in the general populace it downright terrifies me to think I live in a nation that is heading into the dark ages, educationally, socially and morally.

It feels like the right wing agenda is leading our nation to hell in a handbasket and all I can do is look on with horror.

If this is an episode of the Twilight Zone, I sure need a commercial break about now.

Answer 2

It disturbs me that no one understands what freedom of religion means.

Rev. Einstien, that George Washington quote or yours is wrong. A fake. He never said that."It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible." - George Washington

The truth=George Washington FactsIn 1831, Episcopalian minister Bird Wilson said in a sermon: "Washington is no more than a Unitarian, if anything." Washington refused to take communion, looking upon it as superstition. He refused to ever kneel in church according to his wife and minister

Answer 3

i come across it deeply ironic, disgusting even, that fundies decide directly to ***** on the subject of the government getting interior the way with issues like well being care and commercial rules, yet turn around and decide directly to legislate their morality on all and sundry. huckabee as president would propose an end to usa as all of us know it. the wonderful courtroom would be positioned firmly interior the hands of rabid conservatives. abortion rights would disappear alongside with civil rights for unpopular minorities. i'm extra demanding that bush is going to discover some thank you to dodge the election.

Answer 4

No. He actually believes that the Bible is entirely accurate with no contradictions. Anybody who can stand up and make such a claim is either a liar or has some very serious brain problem. Any intelligent person understands there are no absolutes.

He wants to change the separation of church and state. This is not something our forefathers found acceptable and they made sure that it was written down that there would be separation.

As a president he would be a very dangerous man.

Answer 5

What i can't believe is that he is even allowed to bring that into politics. I mean it's O.K to spew out that nonsense and have the nation relax. No worries or mention about Communism. But just hint at Universal Health Care or a better Education System and everyone comes out in droves guns loaded. For what is suppose to be "The Greatest Nation on earth". "Liberty and Justice for all". All who what exactly? It leaves me questioning exactly what they are greatest at.

Answer 6

I would support that idea on one and ONLY one condition....they make arrangements for any and ALL NON-Christians to relocate somewhere else (Like they did with the freed slaves when they found them Liberia to live in since they didn't want to stay here.)

Then, if they want Amerifan to be a Christian country then let them have it, I'll happily leave them to it.

IF they are not willing to fulfil that simple request....then...well...they don't get their own country then.

Answer 7

I think Mike Huckabee will do a lot to redeem Arkansas of the embarrassment Bill Clinton brought it. He will serve our nation well also.

How can it be that many who stand upon "religious freedom" and "seperation of church and state", have the NERVE to disqualify a candidate BECAUSE he or she is religious?

Is that not a classic example of "hypocrasy", the very thing many so fondly accuse Christians of showing?

Answer 8

I agree that it's time to fight even more aggressively for the separation of church and state. I'm a Christian, and I'm not interested in living in a theocracy.

Answer 9

No I don't agree with Huckabee and yes it disturbs me very much. By his own statement he admits that he will not support the Constitution, let alone protect it.

Answer 10

Huckabee is a con man just like this Jesus fellow. Christ was our first Republican,using religion to get what he wants.