January 12, 2008
Posted: 01:51 PM ET
Huckabee campaigned in Michigan Saturday.
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (CNN) — Mike Huckabee urged more than 100 pastors in Western Michigan to "take a stand" and organize evangelicals to vote in next week's Republican primary here. The ordained Baptist minister told the pastors Saturday to "mobilize in every way possible every single friend you know" in advance of next Tuesday's vote. "I am not going to ask for you to endorse from the pulpit," he said at a campaign breakfast. But he implored the faith leaders to work their personal mailing lists and phone directories of "like-minded folks" in their spare time. Roughly one in three Republican primary voters in Michigan is a self-identified evangelical. Huckabee, as he often does, declared that he will not run from his faith if he is elected president. "This country needs to regain its soul," he said. "For a long time, those of us are people of faith were asked to support candidates who would come and talk to us. But rarely has there been one who has come from us." Huckabee, who spent a good portion of his remarks criticizing abortion and same-sex marriage, also repeated his pledge he would never attempt to impose his own religious beliefs on the country if elected president. – CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby Filed under: Michigan Mike Huckabee
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