I appreciate the comment by Stephen and wanted to make a comment for clarification. The intention of my blog is not to make fun of any particular person's beliefs. It is designed with the intention of following in the steps of what we see currently in the world of American politics.
As pointed out, the Constitution states, "No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust of the United States." While this vital document in US politics may frame such protection, it has little to no bearing on how the people of the US vote as a general rule. Religion is very much an important criteria to the general populace as seen by the fact that almost without one exception, EVERY would-be politician is seen courting the votes of evangelical or Protestant churches. This was especially true of Carter, Reagan, Bush Sr, Clinton, Bush, and now the whole plethora of candidates.
While I am neither a Southern Baptist, nor a Mormon, the purpose of my comments was to point out that religion DOES make a difference. Each candidate attempts to use it to their advantage one way or the other. Personally, I believe there are a lot of people who are not aware of the truth in regards to a person's beliefs.
I for one find it very disconcerting that a presidential candidate will attempt to use half-truths or outright avoidance to try and show how he is very much like the group of peoples of whom he is trying to capture the votes! Romney started this by attempting to portray himself as a "Christian."
For what it is worth, I will state that if a Mormon, or a Scientologist, or a Catholic, or a Southern Baptist, or even an atheist gets into office, we still have a responsibility to give respect to that individual as the duly elected President of the United States. While I would have my own preference as to who gets into the White House, I will accept whoever makes it in January 2009. However, the people of America have a right to be told the truth which seems to be hidden (on the whole) within the realm of politics. The left rants all they want to and the liberal media jumps on the same bandwagons.
I can't help but wonder how much more castigation Huckabee would have received if one of the other candidates had made a comment about his faith. The thought that the other candidate (whoever it might be) apologizing for questioning Huckabee's faith in God and the Holy Bible is laughable at best!!
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I would still disagree with Huckabee’s timing of his question (Good question, wrong time). It is true that there are many people that base their vote on religious commonality, but when that is the main reason for the vote, something is amiss. Huckabee’s question seems to appeal to those people who lean heavily on religious influence. In the interview, Huckabee started off right by saying he didn’t want to bring religion into the discussion but then contradicted that stance when he brought up Romney’s beliefs. For the record, I support Huckabee’s bid for the office, but certainly not on the sole basis of his Christianity. But if Huckabee was ever proven to be a lousy leader with poor economic or legal decision making, I would support Romney (or other candidates) in a heartbeat.
Conversely, you are correct in that the media has made a mountain out of a molehill in focusing on the disagreement and the offense that Romney has taken, subsequently thrusting religion into the spotlight. Additionally, Huckabee was right in apologizing if it was for asking the question during the interview, and not necessarily the question itself.
Now, if you want to see media bias, check out how the media is taking Huckabee's stance on the topic of Biblical submission waaay out of context. They quote him as supporting the SBC's stance that women should graciously submit to their husbands and then non sequiturally (to coin a term) jump to the conclusion that Huckabee says woman should be paid less (as a 1998 Democratic ad campaign says. ) In this case, I think Huckabee has handled himself exceptionally well, especially in how his record shows numerous women being appointed to high positions in government.
Now that Huckabee has shown himself to be a strong contender in the Republican race, the media is going nuts trying to discredit him anyway they can and looking pretty stupid in the process. But then, when has the media ever NOT looked stupid.
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