I can’t say that I’m too thrilled about Gov. Mike Huckabee being our next President. 

And I’m not alone. 

My dark side lower religious conservation companion buddy Bob Ellis at Dakota Voice has several critical posts a day about the Rev. Huckabee.  I figured Bob would love Mike but that’s not the case.

Anyway, a group called Truth Wins Out reports that Gov. Huckabee may have ties to some goofy religious group that wants to replace the U.S. Constitution with the Old Testament.

Read for yourself:

Mike Huckabee’s Ties to Known Extremists Come Under Scrutiny After Victory in Iowa

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — TruthWinsOut.org today called on Mike Huckabee to explain his close association to prominent members of the Christian Reconstructionist movement — which believes Old Testament law should replace the Constitution and that the Biblealso justifies corporal or capital punishment for adulterers and homosexuals, among others.

“Huckabee should explain why he is socially and professionally associating with known extremists and how this squares with his professed sunny and optimistic vision for America,” said Besen. “While Huckabee makes jokes on the campaign trail, his ties to the fundamentalist fringe is no laughing matter. We hope the media will continue to explore the radical associates of Mike Huckabee.”

In 1998, Mike Huckabee co-wrote the book, “Kids Who Kill” with Reconstructionist author George Grant. Grant is an ideologue with extreme, even dangerous religious views. The question is, does the former Arkansas governor share Grant’s view of the role of Christianity in government? This passage is from Grant’s 1987 book “The Changing of the Guard” (Ft. Worth, TX: Dominion Press, 1987), pp. 50-51.

“Christians have an obligation, a mandate, a commission, a holy responsibility to reclaim the land for Jesus Christ — to have dominion in the civil structures, just as in every other aspect of life and godliness. But it is dominion that we are after. Not just a voice. It is dominion we are after. Not just influence. It is dominion we are after. Not just equal time. It is dominion we are after. World conquest. That’s what Christ has commissioned us to accomplish.”

The Cato Institute also reported that Huckabee held a fundraiser at the Houston home of Dr. Steven Hotze, another leader of the radical and dangerous Reconstructionist movement.

“There is a disturbing pattern developing that needs to be further investigated,” said Besen. “With Huckabee’s stunning victory in Iowa,it is crucial that we learn more about what this candidate truly stands for and why he associates with people who promote religious extremism.”

TruthWinsOut.org is a non-profit organization that counters rightwing propaganda, exposes the “ex-gay” myth and educates America about gay life. For more information, visit http://www.truthwinsout.org/.

Source: Truth Wins Out

CONTACT: Wayne Besen of Truth Wins Out, +1-917-691-5118,
wbesen@truthwinsout.org

Web Site: http://www.truthwinsout.org/

Photo: GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee becomes the first Republicancandidate to sign the Divided We Fail pledge at AARP’s Life@50+ eventin Boston, September 24, 2007. (PRNewsFoto/AARP)

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