January 15, 2008

NJDC Condemns Huckabee For Saying Constitution Should Be Amended

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NJDC CONDEMNS MIKE HUCKABEE FOR CALLING FOR CONSTITUTION TO BE AMENDED "SO IT'S IN GOD'S STANDARDS

Washington, D.C. - Today, the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) condemned Republican Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee in the strongest possible terms for telling a campaign audience: "what we need to do is amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards."

"This is exactly why the separation between Church and State is so important," said NJDC Executive Director Ira N. Forman. "We've seen from Governor Huckabee's previous statements that his definition of ‘God's standards' is a country in which gay Americans do not enjoy equal rights, scientific teachings are restricted in the classroom, and wives are considered subservient to their husbands."

"Tap dancing over the line between Church and State has become habit for Governor Huckabee on the campaign trail. His success so far says a lot about the Republican Party and the dominance of extreme conservatives therein," continued Forman.

The complete quote from Governor Huckabee is as follows: "I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution. But I believe it's a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God. And that's what we need to do is amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than trying to change God's standards so it lines up with some contemporary view of how we treat each other and how we treat the family." [ThinkProgress, 1/15/07]

NJDC has a fact sheet available on Huckabee's extremism which can be downloaded at: http://njdc.typepad.com/huckabeenjdc2.pdf