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To LJ in NY:

The idea that most of our nation's founders were Christian is incorrect (most of them were Deists) and to say that our principals were founded on the 10 Commandments is only true to the extent that you acknowledge the similarity between virtually every moral code down through history.

But even accepting for a second that your statements were true, it does not change the fact that they were very clear that while ~moral~ principals could and should guide us, that there was no room in our laws for doctrine and dogma.

But you and I are in agreement about one thing - they would be appalled to see the current state of our nation. The idea that a group of religious ideologues is trying so diligently to impose their specific worldview on an entire population and marginalize anyone who dares even THINK otherwise is anethema to every single principal our Founders built this nation upon.

Actually, most of the Framers of our country were not Christains (in the sense that I presume you are thinking), and our laws are not based on the 10 commandments. Read your history.

The framers warned us of mixing religious views in politics…

Smart guys they were….
Posted By Mike USMC 95-99 : December 11, 2007 10:29 am

Most of the framers were Christians. The rest of them supported Christian values. Our laws are derived from the ten commandments. The framers would be appalled by the decline in this country.

To Scott in Cross Junction, VA:

Actually, your numbers are dramatically off of the mark.

80%+ of Americans believe that gay and lesbian people should have workplace protections.

70%+ believe that "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" should be repealed.

65%+ believe in giving committed gay and lesbian couples some sort of legal recognition, be it marriage or civil unions.

And when you break it down by age group, and look at the numbers for those Under 40 vs. those Over 40, you see an even greater level of support for GLBT people among the leaders of tomorrow.

What that says is that in time anti-gay sentiment will carry as much scorn and derision as anti-black, anti-jew, and anti-woman comments carry now. And that once that happens, gay people will be judged the way straight people are - not by who they love, but by the content of their character.

So what is wrong with his views. I'm sure 70% of Americans doesn't approve of queers and they bring the virus on themselves.

Posted By Scott Cross Junction VA : December 11, 2007 8:50 am
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You comment is wrong, and bigotted, and highly inflammatory, CNN shame on you for posting it!

Now that Huckabee appears to be a real contender in this race, and we are all learning of his views on homosexuality and abortion, it's only a matter of time before we learn that he funded an abortion for a former female lover, and paid for sex with male prostitutes. It never fails, the politicians and preachers who "protest too much" are always worse than those they preach against. According to Mike's views on marriage, my "one man, one woman" marriage would be "sinful" because we chose not to "pro-create". The White House is no place for a Baptist minister.......

Please support this guy, let him get the Nomination, then the Dems will win for sure, the House, the Senate and the White House. All Dems talk this guy up.

Well, I guess if Huckabee becomes president, people will not be allowed to fly to and from Africa. All thos eblack people who have AIDS in Africa should be quarantined!

Up until last week, he seemed like a nice guy. Now he seems like a reactionary conservative - the kind no one would vote for (except other reactionary conservatives).

It was a nice ride while it lasted, eh, Mike?

This was right about the same time that Hillary fired the entire White House travel office(most of which were life long civil servants) and replaced them with her cronies. Later denying she had the records that somehow turned up in her closet with her finger prints on them.

But hey, gay issues are much more important to CNN..

In 1986 I was diagnosed with lymphoma, that was the good news, that I also had AIDS was the bad news. Had I been segragaterd, would I have survived to run the marathon 34 times and donated tens of thousands of dollars I have raised by running to AIDS research, Darfur relief and Cambodian landmine removal? And no I haven't given the disease to anybody else. Get a life Huckabee
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Hang in there Mr Huckaee they are going back to pass. Trying to fine anything. He sould ask Dana Bash her view on Aids. WE have learn a lot since 1990 we got George Bush

So what exactly is the problem here?

His decision was based on what little was knew of AIDS at the time.

If he was a liberal you'd all be saying he was trying to protect American lives.

Don't say any of this embarassing stuff until after he wins the primary to guarantee a Democratic victory.

Once again, this isn't a football team. All Americans should want the best possible candidates on both sides so that we truly recieve the best President the system can offer us. Quit "cheering for your team."

He is simply being made into the latest darling of the controlled media because they know the last thing this country wants right now is a southern baptist minister for president.

This man is not electable.

I thought Christians were supposed to be compassionate and giving. Just another ignorant, divisive, judgmental narrow-minded hypocrite with no vision for the future or plan to save our country from the mess it is in. Go back to your Baptist Church in Arkansas to spout your backward thinking to those yokels, we don't need you in Washington.

The framers warned us of mixing religious views in politics...

Smart guys they were....

I'd be interested in some of the views these holier than thou people posting on this blog had during the AIDS crisis in the 1980's and early 1990's.

In 1992 HIV/AIDS was the leading cause of death for all men between the ages 24 to 44. During this time HIV/AIDS was still a death sentence.

In 1986 the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) put out a statement that 3 to 5 million Americans will be HIV positive and an estimated 1 million will have died from AIDS.

The first treatment for AIDS, AZT was made available in 1987.

So you all want to condemn a man for making a statement that people carrying a deadly disease should be isolated from the general public in 1992?

Give me a break. Get off your high horses people. I will bet real money that many of you shared the same fear of HIV/AIDS during that time frame that Huckabee had. He has already stated that AIDS research will be an important part of his administration.

I guess it's okay for other candidates to change their views like Hillary and her Iraq war vote and grand speech about knowing there are weapons of mass distruction on the Senate floor. Has she apologized for that vote? No. Instead she says, "if I'd known then what I know now" even though she didn't bother to read the NIE. Pretty hypocritical for a lot of voters if you ask me. And how many people have died because of Hillary's vote? How many people died because of Huckabee's AIDS statement? Hmm...

Wow. What a perfect Freudian slip: "hot bottom issues"...

Intresting to say the least. I support him.

OH MY GOD! I thought the same thing when the AIDS epidemic first came out. We had no idea what it was or where it came from, geez people, get real, if he had said it last week, yeah, crucify him, but this was 15 years ago when we were ALL ignorant of AIDS. Plus, if this is his worst offence they can find, that is funny. I am an independent Arkansan that is happy with what Huckabee did for my state. He may be a old baptist preacher, but that keeps him honest.

I'm hoping that we want to hear Huckabee's views on hot button issues instead of "hot bottom" ones. I think CNN needs to proof read a little better.

Huckabee doesn't have a firm leg to stand on concerning his defense of his 1992 comment. At that time it was well known that AIDS could not be spread through casual contact but there was still a stigma surrounding the people who contacted it. It was seen as a "gay disease" and that may have played more of a role in Huckabee's statement than his skepticism of sound scientific research.

Let's round them all up an send them to some dirty little island...., like New York!

"hot bottom issue"? Is that a gay type of issue or just a typo?

1 John 4:8 (New International Version)
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

I believe that Love is the "ideal" Mr. Huckabee. The ideal is an inward, invisible form not an outward visible form. If there is love in a society, prosperity is assured. Idealising an outward form of loving relationship instead of the inward form misses the mark and is the sin of idolatry. You've made a "Golden Calf" of the male-female relationship and worshiped it above Love.

I did a double take when I read in this blurb that AIDS and homosexuality are "hot bottom issues". But on sober reflection, that isn't a bad definition.

I'm sure that is exactly what Jesus would have done. Whatever. Tired of these hyporcrites. Some christian.

I AGREE WITH HUCKABEE

typo, 2nd paragraph, 3rd line.

So what is wrong with his views. I'm sure 70% of Americans doesn't approve of queers and they bring the virus on themselves.

There was a period of time, I clearly recall, when AIDS was identified as a disease but no one knew what caused it. All that was known was that it seemed to be communicated between gay men somehow. It was several months before a sexually transmitted virus was determined to be the cause. Quarantine of the disease victims is the traditional medical approach to such a situation. Huckabee's suggestion may have had a bit of evangelical gay-hatred in it, but medically it was sound advice. Would he have advised quarantine if AIDS struck only church-goers? We'll never know.

He would make a terrible president I am sure, but the AIDS quarantine thing is not a good reason to vote against him.

What an idiot. Perhaps we can lock up everyone with the flu too? This man is dumber than dirt.

Huckabee's comments from '92 and his current beliefs only represent the stance of the bigoted right. In the 1980s their hero Ronald Reagan (yes the guy that sold weapons illegally to terrorist Iran in favor of the much greater threat from Nicaragua going Communist) who, in response to his wife's concern about AIDS and the need to address it, replied in typical Republican fashion: He rolled his eyes toward the sky and intoned something about "God's will". Imagine a president and leader of the most powerful nation on earth condemning so many of our citizens to death because he doesn't approve of their sexual orientation. It is these people (Huckabee is cut from exactly the same mold) that keep us in the Dark Ages and make us the object of contempt world-wide among the civilized nations of the world.

shhh.

Don't say any of this embarassing stuff until after he wins the primary to guarantee a Democratic victory.

Somebody throw Huckabee al ifesaver, he's gonna need it.

wow a minister with views like that? shocking

What a disgusting candidate. This is the conservatives' great hope for the future?

Not presidential material at all.

He advocates a leper-type colony for AIDS patients. Huh. I guess he is a real conservative after all.

I don't believe this guy. He is using his evangelical techniques right now when everybody is drained and angry. He has nothing in him but a bad record of running goverment before.....

Huck, You Suck!