[MD] Theocracy, Secularism, and Democracy

[david buchanan]

Steve axed:
 What other examples of theocracy besides obligatory religious overtures in Presidential addresses do you see? The attempt to get creationism taught in science classes is certainly one attempt at theocracy (imposing Christianity upon nonChristians) through democratic means. Can you suggest some others?

dmb says:
Oh, there certainly isn't a shortage of example. Took about 5 seconds to find one:

"Sharron Angle Is Against Abortion In Cases Of Rape Or Incest: It Would Interfere With God’s ‘Plan’ In a radio interview with Bill Manders on Jan. 25, Sharron Angle — the GOP candidate and Tea Party darling challenging Harry Reid for Nevada’s U.S. Senate seat — came out firmly against abortion. She even took the extreme position that women should not have control over their reproductive rights in cases of rape or incest, because it would interfere with God’s “plan” for them:
MANDERS: Is there any reason at all for an abortion?
ANGLE: Not in my book.
MANDERS: So, in other words, rape and incest would not be something?
ANGLE: You know, I’m a Christian, and I believe that God has a plan and a purpose for each one of our lives and that he can intercede in all kinds of situations and we need to have a little faith in many things."



To use Sharon Angle's analogy, being raped by your father is a "lemon situation" and we ought to make it into a "lemonade situation" by using the government to force the pregnant woman to bare her rapist's child. Nice, huh? 

god bless america.