Mike Huckabee

Please go here: http://citizenspeak.org/node/1274 to tell Mike Huckabee to affirm his opposition to torture.

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Subject: NEVER: Tell Mike Huckabee to Affirm Opposition to Torture

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As people of faith, our consciences are deeply troubled by recent revelations that decisions to torture prisoners were made at the highest level of government. No matter what political afilliation, people of faith must speak out against these violations of international human rights and our own sense of decency as a nation.

Mr. Huckabee, as a man of faith who just launched a PAC to support the values of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, we ask you these two simple questions:

1. Will you affirm the Christian faith and the American principles of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness by signing the Evangelical Declaration Against Torture?

2. Will you require the candidates supported by your PAC to take a stand against torture?

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Please go here now: http://citizenspeak.org/node/1274

By Dr. Linda Seger, author
Jesus Rode a Donkey: Why the Republicans Don’t Have a Corner on Christ

[At the Republican debates on January 24, 2008, Mike Huckabee said that he believed that there probably had been WMDs, but we hadn’t been able to find them, much like some children don’t find an Easter Egg, but that doesn’t mean the egg isn’t there.]

“The job of my battalion was to keep our eyes open, looking for weapons of mass destruction. There must be over 100,000 of us by now in Iraq, and we were determined to find those WMDs which could have been hidden just about anywhere. Whenever we took the tank out, we would start rolling about 20 abreast of each other, across that vast desert. There were always a couple of guys on the side with metal detectors, figuring that maybe those dang things were hidden under the sand. I wasn’t sure that was a good idea, since the whole tank was pretty much made of metal, and figured that they’d come up with a false positive, but I guess we all had to do our part in one way or another. Usually I rode in the front of the tank, peering out with my binoculars, looking for something - I wasn’t sure what. A silo across the desert? A warehouse? Maybe the pointy front of a rocket sticking out of the sand? All of us were committed to finding those WMDs. After all, that’s why we were here, wasn’t it?

By Dr. Linda Seger, author
Jesus Rode a Donkey:
Why the Republicans Don’t Have a Corner on Christ

Mike Huckabee wants to amend the Constitution so it conforms, more specifically, to The Word of God. This is good news to those of us who believe John 1, which says that The Word of God is Jesus Christ, which means that the U.S. government will start paying more attention to the poor, the needy, widows and orphans, the oppressed, the downcast, those who need healing. If that’s true, we will start working more for Peace, and working to have a more caring society. But we don’t need an amendment to do that. We just need to take seriously the words that define what Government is to do – “to promote the general Welfare.”

But that doesn’t seem to be what Huckabee means. He wants an amended Constitution that fits better with his interpretation of the Bible. This might create some problems that he’ll need to address, once he becomes President.