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Huckabee addressing supporters in Iowa.

Mike Huckabee is the former Governor of Arkansas and currently a candidate for Republican presidential nomination in 2008. Huckabee is considered both economically and socially conservative[1]

Social issues

Abortion

Mike Huckabee is an outspoken opponent of abortion in all forms, and has said that it will certainly be a good day for America when Roe v. Wade is repealed.[2] He has also said that being pro-life means improving life after birth, and that public funding for abortion organizations needs to be eliminated.

Embryonic stem cell research

Huckabee has said that embroyonic stem cell research creates life only to end a life.[2] He applauded President Bush’s veto of legislation meant to loosen federal funding for embryonic stem cell research in June of 2007, saying that the bill was wrong on moral grounds and based on inconclusive science. He also said that he expected scientists to develop other types of stem cell research that would not require the use of a human embryo. He said that "vital scientific research can and is being conducted without the destruction of life."[3]

Civil rights

Mike Huckabee has voiced support for marriage to be limited to one man and one woman. He says that we should respect gay couples, but no gay adoptions should take place. He signed legislation outlawing same-sex marriage in Arkansas. He has called for more federal funding of IDEA for disabled education, and supports principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment.[2]

Crime

Huckabee said that he supports the death penalty, but only reluctantly. He believes that eliminating parole gives no incentive for rehabilitation, and believes that more prisons should be built, and their management should be privatized.[2] He supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs, and supports tougher juvenile crime penalties, but believes that the states should set them.

Death penalty

Education

Environment

Gun control

Immigration

See also

References

  1. ^ "'Electability' the key". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, July 28, 2007
  2. ^ a b c d "Mike Huckabee on the Issues". OnTheIssues. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
  3. ^ "Huckabee Commits to June, August Debates in Iowa". PBS, June 25, 2007
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