It’s Blog Against Theocracy time again. I just got back from my home town’s 4th of July parade. It was chock-full of local pageant winners, politicians, businesspeople, law enforcement and emergency responders, and even some people from Georgia Ghost Hunters (don’t ask — or if you must ask, click here). And church members. Lots and lots of church members, from different denominations, who wanted us all to know that God blesses America. See? They have the flag-draped floats to prove it.
Of course, church floats are a staple of small-town parades, and so is the unthinking allegiance to God and country that was on display today. Not unthinking because it’s stupid; unthinking because it’s been ingrained in us since birth. We’ve always done it that way, and most of us haven’t spent a lot of time pondering the implications.
I don’t believe there’s a majority of people in the US who want a Christian theocracy. I do believe that there is a small but very committed and well-funded minority who would like nothing better and are actively working to make it happen. Well, yeah, you say, but it’s just a few people. We don’t need to worry. Except…