Mueller Lake Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Theocracy: The Horror
RECEIVED Mon., June 19, 2006
Dear Editor,
I recommend reading last week's "Quote of the Week" to anybody who likes horror movies ["News," June 9]. It sure sent a cold chill down my spine. The official platform of the Texas Republican Party says that the U.S. is a Christian nation and that separation of church and state is a myth.
Oh, I understand that people have differing views of the establishment clause of the First Amendment. But to state that the U.S. is specifically Christian is just a lie. Might as well say the Earth is flat (which, no doubt, many Republicans also believe.) The right wing has been using that lie to build a theocratic government here in what was once the land of the free. If the U.S. is a Christian country, instead of a free country, what will become of the non-Christians? It is only logical that the new theocracy will marginalize them and eventually eliminate them. That's how it's always worked before, when government and religion have gotten mixed up together.
Maybe the Republicans meant that statement as a self-fulfilling prophecy. Are they already firing up the ovens?
I recommend reading last week's "Quote of the Week" to anybody who likes horror movies ["News," June 9]. It sure sent a cold chill down my spine. The official platform of the Texas Republican Party says that the U.S. is a Christian nation and that separation of church and state is a myth.
Oh, I understand that people have differing views of the establishment clause of the First Amendment. But to state that the U.S. is specifically Christian is just a lie. Might as well say the Earth is flat (which, no doubt, many Republicans also believe.) The right wing has been using that lie to build a theocratic government here in what was once the land of the free. If the U.S. is a Christian country, instead of a free country, what will become of the non-Christians? It is only logical that the new theocracy will marginalize them and eventually eliminate them. That's how it's always worked before, when government and religion have gotten mixed up together.
Maybe the Republicans meant that statement as a self-fulfilling prophecy. Are they already firing up the ovens?
Ben Hogue
Driftwood
Driftwood
