Speaking on Fox News this afternoon, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee again linked a rise in gun violence in America to the removal of God from the public schools. “We ask why there is violence in our schools, but we have systematically removed God from our schools,” Huckabee told host Neil Cavuto. “Should we be so surprised that schools would become a place of carnage? Because we’ve made it a place where we don’t want to talk about eternity, life, what responsibility means, accountability.”
Huckabee concluded, “Maybe we ought to let [God] in on the front end and we wouldn’t have to call him to show up when it’s all said and done at the back end.”
While thousands sent prayers to the families in Connecticut, word of Huckabee’s God-centric analysis infuriated many, particularly after his words had been passed on and reinterpreted through an online game of “telephone.”
Oh, and @GovMikeHuckabee? Funny sketch on SNL's Weekend Update back in 2008. But today? Go FUCK yourself. Forever.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 15, 2012
I know some friends will differ w/ my gun control stance, but at least we can all agree that Mike Huckabee should go fuck a blender.
— Rebecca Watson (@rebeccawatson) December 15, 2012
https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/279708747771809792
"@AmandaMarcotte: http://t.co/MDUAAVTB Huckabee needs to be removed from all microphones." constitution be damned!
— Hillary the Democrat (@the_amphibian) December 14, 2012
https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/279710134706515968
not helping; RT @mmfa Mike Huckabee on Fox News: Schools "become place of carnage" when "we systematically remove God" http://t.co/RB2vUAyV
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) December 14, 2012
STFU Huckabee. Go away. RT @mmfa Mike Huckabee on Fox News: Schools "become a place of carnage" when "we systematically remove God"
— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) December 14, 2012
Whenever something terrible happens, some zealot blows all his credibility by blaming atheists. Huckabee this time http://t.co/QIYk7fKZ
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) December 14, 2012
God is everywhere. Except your kid's school. God too busy pouting about separation of church & state to save your kid. http://t.co/qwWE9VTS
— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) December 14, 2012
Be sure to hug your loved ones tonight, and while doing so, be sure to whisper in their ears, "Mike Huckabee is an idiot."
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) December 15, 2012
Burn in Hell, Mike Huckabee RT @gaycivilrights: Huckabee: CT Massacre Happened Because We ‘Removed God From Our Schools http://t.co/RfuEODXu
— YellowDogDerek ? (@YellowDogDerek) December 15, 2012
According to Mike Huckabee, God is a terrorist who targets children when public schools refrain from worshiping him. Pretty sick.
— Dorian (@staten73) December 15, 2012
Mike Huckabee: guns don't kill people. Godless evil liberals who believe in separation of church & state kill people. #p2 #tcot
— Mary W. Matthews (@MWM4444) December 15, 2012
To mike Huckabee: F–K you, you sanctimonious immoral fraud.
— F. Braun McAsh (@FBraunMcAsh) December 15, 2012
https://twitter.com/rpmcb/status/279783381397565440
Memo to Mike Huckabee: What you're saying is God killed children at a Newtown, CT school ON PURPOSE. Because he felt ignored. You're sick.
— Nina L. Diamond (@ninatypewriter) December 15, 2012
If someone could just go ahead and taser Mike Huckabee in the sack for a good 45 minutes, that would be swell.
— Mark Tompkins (@MarkJTompkins) December 15, 2012
Argh! Huckabee and his god fearing lot should all pile into a dead end cave and have a giant boulder lodged at opening.
— Somewhere is Jeannie (@whereisjeannie) December 15, 2012
What's worse than "politicizing" a national tragedy? Theologizing it. #Huckabee
— (((Be an arbiter of truth. (Suck it, Zuck!)))) (@NotMattBellamy) December 15, 2012
Mike Huckabee is trying to top the Westboro folks.
— Nina L. Diamond (@ninatypewriter) December 15, 2012
We’d say Huckabee has a ways to go to even begin to compete with Westboro Baptist Church.
https://twitter.com/MargieJPhelps/status/279727876390125568
Billy Hallowell, faith editor for The Blaze, delivered a message somewhat similar to Huckabee’s, though without going near the electrified third rail of public schools.
We have a cultural crisis in America. Until we admit that, there's no improving things. #faith #compassion #love
— Billy Hallowell (@BillyHallowell) December 15, 2012
In the meantime, citizens of Newtown on Friday night gathered for prayer services — the “back end,” so to speak.
https://twitter.com/stopthispayne/status/279793844323749888
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