Huckabee on God and State

By: Joy Lin
Topics: Mike Huckabee

(CBS)

From CBS News' Joy Lin:

LYNCHBURG, VA. -- "I always cringe when I hear people talk about throwing away the vote when they vote their conscience," Mike Huckabee told reporters today. "That's what voting is – voting is voting with your conscience, it's voting with your convictions."

Earlier, he spoke at Thomas Road Baptist Church, the pulpit of the late Dr. Jerry Falwell. Lacing together the relationship between religion and state, he delivered a short speech about how moral clarity decreases the need for more government and more law.

"Frankly, we really don't need a lot of law if we are people of morality," he said to the congregation of over 7,000. "There are only ten basic laws that we need. If you think about it, the Ten Commandments cover it all."

"The reason law gets more complicated is because we try to figure out clever ways around those ten," he said to applause.

Huckabee cautioned that a lack of moral clarity would result in "paying for more and more government to overwhelm us with direction when our own personal freedom and conscience does not."

"And that's why I stand here today, not to make a political statement but to make one I hope you will hear," he said. "That what happens in this church every Sunday, what is spoken from this pulpit every week, what comes forth from the word of God is not a disconnected message from whether or not we will continue to be a free and great nation because the day our nation quits listening to God and the day we no longer have moral clarity, is the day that we will have to have increasing levels of government and law to restrain us because then our own consciences will not. "

"I hope you know Jesus Christ personally…because the level to which he rules you and governs you, you need less and less of man's law to tell you how to live and that is what our Founding Fathers understood and we must understand."

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by giantrobot2 February 12, 2008 11:15 PM EST: Mike Huckabee is a role model for society. A champion for human life, both old and young.

Obama and Clinton are not good for society. They want to make it easier to exterminate innocent human beings through federally funded abortions.

More than 50 million little kids have been exterminated through abortions, more than all the wars and diesese combined for the last 100 years.

Those who vote for Obama and Clinton turn a blind eye away from these little children and instead look at their own selfishness desires and make up excuses as why it is acceptable to do this atrocity.

John McCain is a war hero but he doesnt have same desire as Mike Huckabee does to overturn this terriable law.

Conservatives can not allow the liberal''s to further increase this atrocity on human life.

John McCain said he would be John Kerry''s Vice President when he was running 4 years ago. John McCain just doesnt have the burning flame as Mike Huckabee does when it comes to the sanctity of human life.

Mike Huckabee has earned your respect, he has dug hard in this race even with all the great odds against him. He needs your help now with a vote so he can help out the innocent children and poor elderly people.; Reply to this comment


by wise_merlin February 12, 2008 5:33 AM EST: Who''s the nutjob comparing McCain to the Pharisees? I''m totally flabbergasted at that. I mean, I don''t like McCain, but he''s in no way pretending to be righteous. He makes it quite clear that he is less interested in spreading Christianity in the gov''t than spreading the gov''t.

Furthermore: History lesson. The Sadducees were in power. They were the sympathizers to the Greeks and then Romans. Pharisees were in charge of the established religion in the synagogues. So if anything, Huckabee would represent the Pharisees and his self-righteous attitude harmonizes nicely with that image.

"American People" and "grassroots" are all to apt of terms for this faker. He''s not organized enough to raise his own money, so he''s completely dependent on his religion and a cadre of home-schoolers to spread his word. Truth is, the "american people" HAVE been speaking, and it''s the evangelicals out of line.

Stop trying to shove YOUR religion down MY throat. I''m a practicing Christian and I don''t need your kind of ***. I know where God is in my life. You can tell Huck that I said that too.; Reply to this comment


by ronrizzardi February 12, 2008 12:24 AM EST: Mike is a liar, is ignorant or both.
His suggestion that our founding fathers intented to base our way of life on the 10 commandments is a lie and if he believes it then he''s ignorant.

When he signed the no amnesty pledge in SC then told families of illegal Cuban imigrants "I didn''t mean you" during the FL vote shows again that he lied when he signed the no amnesty pledge or that he''s ignorant of what he signed.

and the list goes on.

No one here has yet to explain any of Mike''s contradictions because they can''t.; Reply to this comment


by michaellitz2 February 12, 2008 12:02 AM EST: Mike Huckabee reminds us of what so many Americans and even so many "conservatives" have forgotten. That MORAL issues cannot be neatly placed in a "box" and spoken of only in tiny circles with people of like-minded "faith". Every moral issue impacts every aspect of our society and every problem in our society has it''s roots in moral issues. This is one rare man and most of us have NO IDEA what a GIFT he is to our country!; Reply to this comment


by jonsid2 February 11, 2008 7:20 PM EST: It''s beyond my comprehension how this man had ever gotten elected to public office. His head is so far above the clouds it''s on it''s way to Mars. I shudder to imagine what would happen to this country if he ever became President.; Reply to this comment


by ronrizzardi February 11, 2008 7:16 PM EST: Does he mean the founding fathers as in the Pilgrims? The Puritan Pilgrims who didn''t celebrate Christmas and regularly burned women at the stake for being witches?

Or, does he mean our founding fathers from the 1700''s that were from the age of enlightenment? The age where religious beliefs became less important and were meant to be less influential to government affairs?; Reply to this comment


by manlymoss February 11, 2008 5:01 PM EST: As always Mike explains it with clarity and conviction. The late USSR decreed there was no
GOD and look what a stifling,controlling Party Government they replaced him with!; Reply to this comment


by txtrans07 February 11, 2008 11:48 AM EST: I so agree with Huckabee. I see a future of more and more government "programs" (brought about through legislation) in our future unless we do something NOW. Remember our ancestors came here to escape many of those same things in the past---namely DEBTOR''S PRISON.; Reply to this comment


by giantrobot2 February 11, 2008 5:04 AM EST: The year 2009 is not that much different from the year 9.

The Pharisee''s back then wanted to "pretend" to be righteous, but in fact they were "phonies" more concerned about pride and ego. The Pharisee''s and establishments back then tried to quiet the "people''s vote" so they would not lose power.

The same thing is happening 2000 years later with Mike Huckabee. The Pharisee''s / Establishment is trying to quiet up the "American people''s" desire to elect Mike Huckabee for their leader.

America represents the "people''s voice" and we will not let the Pharisee''s of the modern age dictate who should be our leaders.

Voting for John McCain is giving in to the power hungry Pharisee''s again 2000 years later.

A phony leader "shows" his power, while a true leader "shares" his power. Mike Huckabee is a very humble trustworthy man who wants to share his power with the American people.

A vote for Mike Huckabee is a vote for you!

www.mikehuckabee.com; Reply to this comment


by ih2005 February 11, 2008 5:01 AM EST: Compare Mr. HUCKABEE, who has GOVERNED with common-sense ideas ( http://snipurl.com/govhealthfairtax ) to Mr. MCCAIN ( http://snipr.com/straighttalk ) and it''s clear that McCain is an "old boy" member of THE SENATE CLUB who has essentially done little to preserve the voice of the working American.

Compare Huckabee''s visionary FAIRTAX ( http://snipr.com/nextrung ) to McCain''s interest in the current tax system - IRS-oppressive to wage-earning families ( http://snipurl.com/irsmisconduct ) - it''s pretty easy to see who will lead us OUT of TAX SLAVERY ( http://snipr.com/taxburden ) - $265 billion annual tax code compliance costs representing 5 billion wasted hours, annually.; Reply to this comment