Huckabee Objects To “Acts Of God”

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s past just keeps biting!

No, we haven’t uncovered another AIDS quarantine comment. In fact, this one isn’t even gay-flavored, but it’s definitely worth a mention. From a March 21, 1997 NY Times article, which we found via Pam Spaulding :

The Arkansas Legislature scrambled today to rewrite a bill intended to protect storm victims after Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Baptist minister, objected to language describing such natural phenomena as tornadoes and floods as ”acts of God.”

Mr. Huckabee said that signing the legislation ”would be violating my own conscience” inasmuch as it described ”a destructive and deadly force as being ‘an act of God.’ ” The Governor, a Republican, said the legislation was an otherwise worthy bill with objectives he shared.

Mr. Huckabee did not veto the bill but instead asked that it be recalled by the General Assembly. He suggested that the phrase ”acts of God” be changed to ”natural disasters.”

…Governor Huckabee’s explained his objections in a letter to the bill’s authors, saying: ”I feel that I have indeed witnessed many ‘acts of God,’ but I see His actions in the miraculous sparing of life, the sacrifice and selfless spirit in which so many responded to the pain of others.”

Wait, didn’t God create the world? Isn’t God almighty? If Huckabee’s to be believed, Mother Nature trumps God’s power.

God is dead. All hail Mother Nature!