NCB, I wish you could see that the political influence and agenda of religious zealots, overwhelmingly, in terms of political clout and observed accomplishments, southern and midwestern Christian fundamentalists who purport to accurately and literally interpret their bible, and thus, to know what God's plan is for them and for the U.S. and for the world, is too ominous a threat to the security of our country to trifle with at the level of oneupsmanship, when we actually see American "mullahs" in congress and at the white house carrying out their God's wishes on the rest of us. This week, they did their work on a weekend midnight. We deperately need to make sure that this marks that high watermark of their collective, faith induced, insanity. Even the citizens of Salem came to their senses when the witchcraft trial execution count rose into the teens. Madness then, like now.
I have been negatively criticized for the title and the tenor of this thread. This recent quote from a Republican Congressman, one of only five who voted against what the LA Times is calling the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-schiavo21mar21,0,2140071.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials">"Midnight Coup"</a>, encourages me to put even more emphasis on my efforts to publicize the disturbing political trend of "faith Based" initiatives intruding ever more in Republican politics.
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/23/politics/23repubs.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/23/politics/23repubs.html</a>
......................My party is demonstrating that they are for states' rights unless they don't like what states are doing," said Representative Christopher Shays of Connecticut, one of five House Republicans who voted against the bill. "This couldn't be a more classic case of a state responsibility."
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"This Republican Party of Lincoln has become a party of theocracy," Mr. Shays said. </b>"There are going to be repercussions from this vote. There are a number of people who feel that the government is getting involved in their personal lives in a way that scares them."..............................
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