Americaca: are we becoming a theocracy?
You'd think fears of the U.S. becoming a theocracy are really a little exaggerated. I should know. I've just written a novel about the U.S. as a theocracy, and although it seems scarily prescient, I don't think it will happen. But here is a writer, an actual Reverend himself, who thinks we're getting close.
"Progressives who think warnings about 'theocracy' are an exaggeration should take a closer look at 'Justice Sunday: Filibustering People of Faith,' the Christian Right telethon headlined by Senate Majority Leader William Frist. Envision the carefully designed image that the far-right Family Research Council, the main organizer of the April 24 event, beamed into conservative churches across the country: a political rally from a large, comfortable mega-church in Louisville, with a middle-class audience listening with rapt attention to political operatives who self-identify as religious leaders--and at the bottom of the screen, streaming video with the photos, names and phone numbers of targeted U.S. senators. The visual message was clear: the church is dominant over the state and senators should toe the line on eliminating the filibuster and confirming Bush judges or pay the price." More here.
I do know that Bush's faith-based initiatives have put a lot of my tax money I gave to the State into the hands of the Church, and that those churches sure ain't synagogues or mosques: they happen to be all Christian evangelist churches. When Bush puts his money where his faith is, it's in only one section (sect?) of one faith.
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