From Staff Reports

HENDERSONVILLE — America needs to focus on energy and food independence, a powerful military that will command world respect and elect a president who will stand up for Christian values, Mike Huckabee, a Republican presidential  candidate, said June 29 during a speech at Harry’s Restaurant here.

Huckabee’s campaign stop was arranged by 11th District U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-Glenville. The event drew a crowd estimated at several hundred people that packed the restaurant, with an overflow crowd outside.

He lambasted the gay marriage law by saying, “If I’m in the White House, you will not see the rainbow colors posted” on the house.

Huckabee is a former Arkansas governor, Fox News commentator and author.