I am so tired of having my religious beliefs and convictions, my values, trampled, ignored, mocked, and denigrated by the evangelicals. I am tired of having morally reprehensible positions shoved down my throat in the name of Jesus. I am tired of the evangelicals arrogance. I am offended that they think they speak for God.

Mike Huckabee has said that AIDS is a plague and that this is the first time in history that carriers of a plague have not been isolated from the general population. Huckabee has proposed isolating AIDS victims. He has been asked about this recently and refuses to back away from the position.

Aside from the profound ignorance reflected in this position (AIDS cannot be passed through casual contact), I'm trying to picture how this would work. I guess we could round up people with AIDS and move them to some kind of concentration camp. I'm picturing chain link fences and concertina wire with heavily armed guards. If they try to leave we could shoot them and bulldoze their bodies into trenches.

It seems to me that Huckabee's understanding of Jesus view of the future of America is looking a lot like Hitlers view of the future of Germany. How can this man call himself a Christian. Why don't Christians everywhere rise up with one voice and condemn this man.

Let's think about this further. This gay guy is the CEO of some company. He is doing really well. He drives a BMW, he and his partner live in a really nice condo on the 15 floor of a high rise downtown. He's been opening stores in several states and is considering taking his company public when he and his partner contract HIV and ultimately are diagnosed with AIDS. In Huckabee's America, the government would arrest these two, confiscate their property, place their corporation under some sort of government takeover, and haul these guys off to some camp in Idaho or Arizona or someplace.

No they wouldn't. If Huckabee started concentration camps for AIDs victims, the only people who would be there are blacks and hispanics. The rich guy with the condo and the BMW would hire fancy lawyers who would keep him out.

Huckabee wants us to believe that he knows what God wants for America. No, this man has never met Jesus, the Christ, the Son of Love!!!