And why one extremist religious group has any say at all in government policy?
Right around the point that they successfully equated their beliefs with "real citizenship." It's not just Bush. It goes back to Schlafly and Falwell and Roberts, etc.
There's a long and fascinating essay by Brad Hicks called "Christians in the Hands of an Angry God" that talks about the political co-oping of religion (because he is speaking as a Christian, he is viewing it by that lens rather than the co-opting of politics by religion.) It goes all the way back to Kennedy and is fascinating reading - although you'd have to google it, because I can't think of a link off the top of my head.
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Date: 2009-02-28 02:43 pm (UTC)Right around the point that they successfully equated their beliefs with "real citizenship." It's not just Bush. It goes back to Schlafly and Falwell and Roberts, etc.
There's a long and fascinating essay by Brad Hicks called "Christians in the Hands of an Angry God" that talks about the political co-oping of religion (because he is speaking as a Christian, he is viewing it by that lens rather than the co-opting of politics by religion.) It goes all the way back to Kennedy and is fascinating reading - although you'd have to google it, because I can't think of a link off the top of my head.