By Ron Lowe Santa Monica
Mike Huckabee’s rise in polling numbers and voter approval is coming from one source only — white evangelicals and fundamentalists — and is not in any way a representative picture of the overall voting electorate. Huckabee’s support comes from the religious right — a group intent on tearing down the wall between church and state, and having prayer in school. Huckabee represents a segment of society that is anti-abortion, anti-gay, anti-immigration, pro-war and out of touch with reality.
Has The United States become the bully pulpit of religious politics? Does America need another Republican in the White House expanding his ministry?
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 11, 2007. Read the original PDF.