Huckabee’s Remarks Dismay American Jewish Committee

Filed Under Politics, Religion | January 17th, 2008 

Gay organizations and gay rights activists aren’t the only ones dismayed or troubled (to put it lightly) with U.S. presidential candidate Huckabee…

NEW YORK, (PRNewswire-USNewswire) — The American Jewish Committee, a nonpartisan organization, is deeply troubled by Governor Mike Huckabee’s declaration at a recent Michigan campaign event that the Constitution should be amended because it is in conflict with “God’s standards.”

“The Governor’s words are a prescription for theocracy,” said Jeffrey Sinensky, AJC’s general counsel. “We urge him to retract his troubling remarks. Government cannot act to promote one religion — or religion — in general.”

Arguing for a change in our fundamental laws to ban both abortion and gay marriage, Governor Huckabbee noted that “what we need to do is amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards.”

“To advocate for the Constitution to be in lockstep with Biblical law, especially in our pluralistic society, is not a welcoming message,” said Sinensky. “Indeed, it puts the very character of our democracy at stake.”

Source: American Jewish Committee