I just watched Huckabee's interview on CNN where he was asked about his position on Mormons.  The ex-Governor of Arkansas played dumb and innocent of any views Baptists might have had and sounded unsure as to what he actually believed.  The Baptist preacher appeared to have been raised in a world that little was known of such.
     Truth is that Huckabee could never have been a leading candidate of the fundamentalist Baptist movement in Arkansas, nor have run in the circles he is endorsed by and not have known the Baptist positon on Mormons.  He cut his teeth on a movement bent on reminding the followers about Jimmy Carter's heretical views that Mormons were Christians. I was just reminded by such recently headlined in the State Baptist Fundamentalist paper.  These folks rode into power promoting the idea that Southern Baptists had grown theologically weak by mentioning the fact that the president of Baylor University did not know Mormons were a cult. There will no doubt be a deafening silence among this crowd about their candidates refusal to take a stand on such.  Which goes to show the movement is more political than religious.  After all, Mormons were welcomed into the Moral Majority by Falwell and Company.
     What is missing here is the story on the Baptist minister refusing to attend the New Baptist Covenant meeting in Atlanta early next year.  He was scheduled to speak at the first historic gathering since the civil war of all Baptists in the nation.  The Presidential candidate backed out when  Jimmy Carter made some critical remarks about current President Bush's foreign policy. His refusal to attend greatly harmed the meeting which critics like the Southern Baptist Convention leaders can now claim is only a partisan political gathering.   Obviously Huckabee is much more cautious about offending Mormons than he is fellow Baptists.
     The candidate does not want anyone digging into his past sermons and there is a secrecy to his record in ministry that raises other questions about integrity.  After all, real prophets had a timeless message that endured the test of time in their message.
     Religious Right followers now face the fact that the Constitution pledges no religious tests shall determine government positions.  A constitution they might decide to find refuge in.