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HOLY HUCK FACES SNIT OVER ‘GALS, SUBMIT’

White House hopeful Mike Huckabee is under fire again in the GOP holy war – this time for endorsing a Baptist church statement years ago saying that women should “graciously submit” to their husbands.

The Baptist preacher and ex-Arkansas governor signed a full-page ad in USA Today in 1998 with 129 other evangelical leaders. His wife, Janet, also endorsed it.

“A wife is to submit graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ,” the Southern Baptist Convention says in its statement of faith.

Huckabee also opposed allowing women to fight in combat.

The latest Huckabee bombshell comes a day after he apologized to Mitt Romney for smearing his opponent’s Mormon religion.

Huckabee is quoted in the upcoming New York Times Magazine as wondering, “Don’t Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?”

Asked about the “servant” statement, Huckabee defended his record on women’s rights.

“I had more women in my Cabinet and on my staff in key positions, including chief of staff, than any other governor probably in Arkansas history,” Huckabee said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

The “submit” comment came up when Huckabee sought re-election in 1998. In response, Huckabee accused his Democratic foe of attacking Baptists.

carl.campanile@nypost.com