Of course I remember you! I’m sure life is busy for you these days…
Good question. To be honest, as I’ve heard more things recently about Huckabee, I have wavered in my support. It is just so hard to sift through all the “news” to try to discern what is true, what is exaggerated, what is bias, etc.

There are some things that I really like about Ron Paul. There are other things that concern me. From what I can gather reading his writings and position on various issues, he seems to take an almost entirely hands-off approach with the federal government and instead leaves almost everything under the jurisdiction of the individual states. Granted, my understanding of constitutional law is very limited, but certain issues do rightfully belong under the jurisdiction of the federal government. For example, the federal government has the responsibility to protect the life of every citizen. Specifically, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution states, in part, “nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” While Ron Paul is personally pro-life and has supported some pro-life measures, he would leave this issue entirely to the states. He writes, “Under the 9th and 10th amendments, all authority over matters not specifically addressed in the Constitution remains with state legislatures. Therefore the federal government has no authority whatsoever to involve itself in the abortion issue. So while Roe v. Wade is invalid, a federal law banning abortion across all 50 states would be equally invalid.” At the Values Voter debate in September, Dr. Paul also indicated that he would oppose legislation that would protect cognitively-disabled people like Terri Schiavo from being starved to death. To me, this seems to be a gross contradiction. (Unless Dr. Paul does not believe that unborn babies or cognitively disabled people are living persons…which would be an equally untenable position for me to accept.) If allowing a state to legalize abortion or euthanasia is not in direct violation of the 14th amendment, I don’t know what it is.

Ron Paul takes similar positions on stem cell research and marriage – either letting communities, states or “the market” determine them, rather than upholding an absolute biblical position. These moral issues are so critical, and will become more so in the years ahead. As much as I appreciate his adherence to mostly constitutional principles, I am much more comfortable voting for a President whom I believe will uphold and advocate biblical standards on these issues. As much as I dislike Huckabee’s position on some of the other issues (I guess you could call it a hands-on approach…ugh), on these fundamental issues he seems to operate from a biblical standpoint (certainly more so than any of the other candidates still in the race, at least as far as I’m aware).

Anyway…that’s where I’m at right now. I’d be very interested to hear your thoughts in response. It sounds like you’ve been following this pretty closely and are supporting Ron Paul. What do you think?