Republicans Presidential Candidates New Ten Commandments

They seem to believe -- or at least dare not say that they DON'T believe -- in a new Ten Commandments. Ironically, there is plenty of "Big, Big Government" on their stone tablets, at least in the form of proposed new constitutional amendments that would override the freedom of the states to set their own rules on social behavior. "States rights" is no longer necessarily a high priority in every or even most respects.

Instead, the Republicans Presidential candidates contenders are adhering to the following guidelines:

Thou Shalt Not Raise ANY Taxes

Thou Shalt Pass a Constitutional Amendment to Make Abortion Illegal

Thou Shalt Pass a Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage as the Union of a Man and a Woman

Thou Shalt Repeal "ObamaCare," AKA the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Thou Shalt Repeal The Dodd-Frank Banking Regulation Act

Thou Shalt Pass a Constitutional Amendment to Balance the Federal Budget

Thou Shalt Only Give Military Support to "Our Friends"

Thou Shalt Limit the Power of -- If Not Entirely Abolish -- the EPA

Thou Shalt Drill, Mine and Frak to the Widest Extent Possible

Thou Shalt Take the Name of President Obama in Vain

Do most Republicans believe in these New Ten Commandments? Maybe not a majority, and maybe not even a minority. But there is little doubt that almost all of the people who voted in the straw poll -- and most of the activist core of the GOP today -- believe in the list.