Saturday, 18 Apr 2015 08:10 PM
By Todd Beamon
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told Iowa radio talk-show host Jan Mickelson that the Obama administration had "an open hostility toward the Christian faith" — urging prospective military recruits to enlist after President Barack Obama leaves the White House.
Mickelson asked Huckabee Thursday on his WHO-AM program in Des Moines to respond to news reports that cited religious freedom advocates as saying that the military had become a "hostile work environment" to Christians.
Mickelson asked Huckabee Thursday on his WHO-AM program in Des Moines to respond to news reports that cited religious freedom advocates as saying that the military had become a "hostile work environment" to Christians.
The former governor said Friday that he would announce whether he was running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on May 5.
"This administration has had an open hostility toward the Christian faith," Huckabee responded.
"And I know that sounds like a bold statement, Jan, but when you have a president whose administration orders its chaplains to put their Bibles away, not to pray in Jesus name, not to counsel people on the issues of sexual morality; when you have this attitude that is more about promoting gay marriage and gay rights in the military than it is about being able to protect religious liberty for those people of faith, it’s going to be hard to find people who are truly devoted people of faith and Christian believers and Orthodox Jews and others.
"Why would they want to be in a military that would be openly hostile and not just simply bring some scorn to their faith, but would punish them for it?" Huckabee asked.
"This administration has had an open hostility toward the Christian faith," Huckabee responded.
"And I know that sounds like a bold statement, Jan, but when you have a president whose administration orders its chaplains to put their Bibles away, not to pray in Jesus name, not to counsel people on the issues of sexual morality; when you have this attitude that is more about promoting gay marriage and gay rights in the military than it is about being able to protect religious liberty for those people of faith, it’s going to be hard to find people who are truly devoted people of faith and Christian believers and Orthodox Jews and others.
"Why would they want to be in a military that would be openly hostile and not just simply bring some scorn to their faith, but would punish them for it?" Huckabee asked.
He was referring to two instances cited in the news report, first published in The Washington Times.
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