The Gray Line between Politics and Religion

Mike Huckabee claimed, “"[Some of my opponents] 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 to amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than try to change God's standards”.

This is a strong statement to make. To some degree, I do admire Huckabee for having the guts to say this in public, especially during his campaign period. However, I wonder if this is a wise thing to do.

The United States is proud to present itself as a country with freedom of speech and religion and although it was founded on Christianity, today things are a little different. We say that we are religiously tolerant; however, when people pray in public or loudly proclaim their beliefs—some people would give respect to these people and admire them, but I don’t think that would be the majority of us.

In this kind of society, would it be wise to give such speeches and make strong statements about one’s religion during a political campaign? It is definitely courageous of Huckabee to say these words, but frankly, I do not think this is the best way to get votes from a large portion of the population.

It’s great that Huckabee is a Christian and he seems to take his faith seriously, however, it seems to me that he’s too vigorously imposing his religious beliefs on other people. Isn’t it a little strong of a statement to say things about amending the country’s Constitution (that was written decades ago, by the founders of this nation) to go along with his own religious beliefs?