No Pork, But the Locust is Good

In case you missed it, Mike Huckabee (Republican presidential hopeful) recently said we should, “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 of how we treat each other and how we treat the family.”

Are we talking Old Testament or New?

Imagine all the amendments if we were to revert to Leviticus. Firstborn animals, no rare steaks, how to properly clean that leprous mobile home. We’d have to convert to shekels — at this point that might not be a bad idea.

There would be advantages for some. 

Federal employees would enjoy even more holidays, only now they would be called festivals and some would last for days on end.

Liberals could certainly get on board with the Year of Jubilee, when all debts would be canceled, land would be returned to the Native Americans, and Halliburton would have to free their corporate slaves.

Progressives could ignore the part about guilt offerings, since surely only conservatives are in need of those. (Libertarians, please make note of the sin offerings.)

Huckabee may have backed into the solution for rising healthcare costs. Instead of doctors, we could go to our local priest or pastor and be dabbed with oil.

Who knows? Huck might be on to something, but this is one Christian who wishes he’d just leave well enough alone.