I saw this during the last debate and I’m still not sure if Huckabee just didn’t know the truth or was exaggerating for political impact:
During the Republican debate, Mike Huckabee said he believes one of the defining issues facing the country is the sanctity of human life. Arguing that the issue is of historical importance, he invoked the Declaration of Independence’s rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and said that most of the signers of the declaration were clergymen.
Not even close.
Only one of the 56 was an active clergyman, and that was John Witherspoon. Witherspoon was a Presbyterian minister and president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).
Not to mention the fact that more than a few of the Founders were Deists, which is about as far removed from traditional Christianity as anyone got in the 18th Century.
