Is Wisconsin becoming a theocracy?
United States Christian flagI was tempted to say, "God only knows."
But that would be wrong.
Here is Jim Rowen's take on the subject, from an opinion piece in the Capital Times:
Republican leaders in the Wisconsin Legislature, taking their cues from Wisconsin Right-to-Life and other powerful organizations on the far right, are leading the state toward a fundamentalist Christian theocracy and away from the state and federal constitutions. . .
Only the veto power held by Gov. Jim Doyle and perhaps by the courts . . . stand between the free-thinking and open society we know, with a strong First Amendment separating church and state, and the eradication of America's tradition of religious tolerance.
posted by xoff @ 9:29 PM
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2 Comments:
Yup.
It's all a plot, I say. A plot.
Does Rowen change his tinfoil regularly?
More seriously--struggle and resist as one may, all the legal and philosophical questions that are worth asking are answered by religion--of one sort or the other.
One can declare that there should be no State religion--thank God somebody did.
But one cannot declare that the State's laws will be irreligious, for they will be, by the very nature of law.
We Americans value religious liberty for ourselves and our families. Religious liberty for the other guy is often another matter. Our history is replete with prejudice against Roman Catholics, Jews, Mormons, Muslims, American Indian spiritualism, and other faiths not to mention Atheists. Waves of religious fervor periodically wash over our pluralistic, yet solidly, judeo-christian culture.
Watching our Wisconsin legislators in action it's hard to imagine them as religiously motivated. Rowen suggests they are following the lead of special interests. That's neither a plot nor a coincidence.
Without getting into some of the legislators' minds (which I have no desire to do), we'll be left with the question, are they cowards, panders, opportunists or just blowhards?
The pity is their actions are harming innocent hard working folks.
Legislators are not being responsible to the values Americans cherish, much less their oaths of office to uphold the U.S. and Wisconsin Constitutions.
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