Fortunatly we are long past the days of torches and pitchforks brought against the non believers. At it is in this country.
Where policy counts however I am wondering how much the religious jeopardise the gains we have made in moving away from a theocracy.
women's rights are among the top concerns as far as reproduction and health care. It seems planed parent hood is under extreme attack even though it is fundamental in helping women all over the country. They focus on the aspect of abortion to get rid of all that the organization does mostly help with contrecptives and health care. This to me appears to be theocracy pushing its way in to control women's sex. This is certainly something that the christians have done for a long time.
Then there is the fight to put God back into schools but only their god. In fact the Freedom from religious foundation goes all over the united states to fight for the separation of church and state. One of the biggest fights is in the public schools where they often find God inserted so as to expose children to their faith with out the parents permission. In the personal arena the christian parent will say it is right to force my child to hear the word of their god even in public school.
Then of course there are the gay rights that have evolved such as marriage and armed service (military).
I see all of these things as a front runner to a theocratic nation. I have read that most religious in this country don't actually want to live by the laws of their holly books (which begs other logical questions but that's for another time). Still I dont think its a hard leap of imagination to go from just a few Christian concessions to full on Christian nation. At the moment at least 27% do want this to be a christian nation the rest of us be damned.
Where policy counts however I am wondering how much the religious jeopardise the gains we have made in moving away from a theocracy.
women's rights are among the top concerns as far as reproduction and health care. It seems planed parent hood is under extreme attack even though it is fundamental in helping women all over the country. They focus on the aspect of abortion to get rid of all that the organization does mostly help with contrecptives and health care. This to me appears to be theocracy pushing its way in to control women's sex. This is certainly something that the christians have done for a long time.
Then there is the fight to put God back into schools but only their god. In fact the Freedom from religious foundation goes all over the united states to fight for the separation of church and state. One of the biggest fights is in the public schools where they often find God inserted so as to expose children to their faith with out the parents permission. In the personal arena the christian parent will say it is right to force my child to hear the word of their god even in public school.
Then of course there are the gay rights that have evolved such as marriage and armed service (military).
I see all of these things as a front runner to a theocratic nation. I have read that most religious in this country don't actually want to live by the laws of their holly books (which begs other logical questions but that's for another time). Still I dont think its a hard leap of imagination to go from just a few Christian concessions to full on Christian nation. At the moment at least 27% do want this to be a christian nation the rest of us be damned.
