Politics again rears its ugly head

[jhetley]

Further on Huck-ster-bee:

"I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution," Huckabee told a Michigan audience on Monday. "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 -- to amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than try to change God's standards so it lines up with some contemporary view."

Snitched from Peg Kerr's LJ (pegkerr)...

Comments

[quilzas.livejournal.com]

o.o

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Huckabee makes me think of Nehemiah Scudder.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Hey, at least he's honest about it. Also, to his credit, he speaks in the language of amending the Constitution rather than ignoring it as an inconvenience, which is more than I can say for the current president.

Mittens probably wants to do the same things, but he's canny enough to not say so out loud.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

True on all counts. And at least the Baptists probably wouldn't try to ban coffee as well as booze...

[quilzas.livejournal.com]

There's only so much I can take before another country starts looking appealing.

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

"But I believe it's a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living god."

Jehovah? Or would that be Allah or maybe Wotan, or even the Invisible Pink Unicorn? Wouldn't the definition of the "living god" depend on who was doing the speaking? Some of these people would shriek in outrage and terror at the thought of enforcing Sharia law in the United States, but would amending the constitution to accommodate the beliefs of any established religion be any different?

[quilzas.livejournal.com]

The Church of the Flying Sphagetti Monster

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

Heresy!

Hey, that might be the answer. Get the pols arguing over which deity to dedicate the constitution to and they'll spend the rest of eternity arguing over who's top god, instead of pestering the rest of us. *grin*

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

"There can be only one!"

What we do, see, is set up a "Last God standing" death-match to determine the actual and true Living God. It'll probably turn out to be Cthulu or one of the Aztec pantheon. Meanest gods you never want to meet.

[quilzas.livejournal.com]

In the end, it will be Chuck Norris and Mr Rogers duking it out.

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

Something like "god search" might be a safer option. Angry gods duking it out would probably be a little hard on the landscape. Instead, have them display their talents on TV for the popular vote. Think of the things they'd have to do to please us, to entertain us. To bribe us for our vote. We could potentially make out like, well, gods! A bonus would be watching the contestant's reactions to Simon Cowell's comments.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Some days, I think I'd enjoy the collateral damage...