"I believe life begins at conception, and I believe that we should do everything possible to protect that life because it is the centerpiece of what makes us unique as an American people. We value the life of one as if it's the life of all, and that's why we look for miners when the mine explodes, because we value life, and it's what separates us from the Islamic jihadists who are out to kill us. They celebrate death. They have a culture of death. Ours is a culture of life."

Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor and current Republican candidate for the 2008 U.S. presidential election, who spoke those words at the Republican Debate in South Carolina on May 15, 2007

•For information on Mike Huckabee's gubernatorial record of approving more executions than any of his predecessors and why he thinks Jesus would support capital punishment, see Amanda's article, posted on December 1, 2007 at Think Progress, where she discusses Huckabee's comments at the CNN/YouTube Republican debate, which was held in St. Petersburg, Florida on November 28, 2007 (Huckabee claimed Jesus 'on the cross' supported the death penalty, online at thinkprogress.org).