Speaking of religious nutters, Ed Brayton laughs at Huckabee's ridiculous assertion about the Ten Commandments being the basis of U.S. law. Not necessarily a unique thought, but fun reading nonetheless
Every time [Mike ] Huckabee starts talking about religion he comes off looking like an ignoramus. MSNBC reports on a conversation Huckabee had with reporters on his campaign bus that included this gem:
"The Ten Commandments form the basis of most of our laws and therefore, you know if you look through them does anybody find anything there that would be all that objectionable? I don't think most people would if they actually read them," he said.
Utter nonsense. I can't see how anyone who has actually read them could possibly think that they are the basis of "most of our laws. Of the ten commandments, only two would even be constitutional in the United States, with a third being constitutional in limited circumstances. The other 7 could not possibly be the basis for any law because they would be clearly unconstitutional. Let's take a look at them one by one: [Click to finish reading Dispatches from the Culture Wars: More Huckabee Absurdity]
Thank the pasta gods our Founding Fathers had the forethought to place some impediments against the Christian Taliban (as they're known now), otherwise most of us would be publicly whipped and thrown in the stocks at least once a year for thinking 'unpure' thoughts.
