I’ve written about how I’ve found it difficult to dislike Mike Huckabee as much as I probably should.

He appears to be going out of his way to make it easier:

The United States Constitution never uses the word “God” or makes mention of any religion, drawing its sole authority from “We the People.” However, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee thinks it’s time to put an end to that.

“I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution,” Huckabee told a Michigan audience on Monday. “But I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living god. And that’s what we need to do — to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view.”

That second graf, by the way, is an exact quote, you can watch the video at the link.

Huckabee’s obviously talking about his support of constitutional amendments to ban abortion and gay marriage. But what he’s saying essentially boils down to: The Constitution is flawed, it’s not Godly enough.

Tell me again about how these folks don’t want to turn this country into a theocracy?

This isn’t just pander-to-the-base stuff, this is actually dangerous. Huckabee may be unaware of it, but the Constitution isn’t some fad, hatched yesterday by a bunch of poll-driven pols. It was crafted more than 200 years ago and has stood the test of time; indeed, you can argue that the very reason this country has survived and thrived all of these years is specifically because of the Constitution.

But Huckabee is saying the Constitution isn’t good enough.

You know what? Whether or not it comports with what Huckabee thinks are God’s standards is immaterial. The constitution is good enough; and anyone who thinks the answer is More God in the Constitution isn’t going to save this country. Just the opposite.