A Theocracy Called for

I always figured Katherine Harris, the Florida attorney general that oversaw the chad recount in 2000 and now a Congressional Representative from Florida, was a political hack, now I see that she’s a certifiable religious loony bird with no understanding of western democratic principles as well.

Some quotes, with commentary, from a recent speech.

"If you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin.”

So, in other words, only Christians are moral or is it that everyone needs to accept the Christian definition of morality? This is, always has been, and always will be, my major problem with so-called “moral values.” Who gets to chose what is moral and what isn’t?

Christians, in the immense arrogance of the breed, figure their definition is the only definition. Harris, like most religious people, can’t differentiate between what SHE BELIEVES to be true and objective truth. Her beliefs are merely opinion and, in a democracy, anyone else’s opinion is just as good.

"…we have to have the faithful in government" because that is God's will.”

Well in that case there’s no need to vote is there? If it’s God’s will it’s going to happen no matter what isn’t it? Personally I'd rather have people that focus on facts rather than faith in the government.

Separating religion and politics is "so wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers.”

I refer you to the comment above. If Sky Daddy is making all the decisions, then my vote isn’t worth a whole hell of a lot is it? Is it just me or does this sound a lot like the concept of Rule by Divine Right so popular in the Dark Ages? Tell me, oh great loony bird, you figure that I shouldn’t oppose the policies of Bush the Unhinged because God chose him to be President so everything he’s doing is God’s will?

"And if we are the ones not actively involved in electing those godly men and women," then "we're going to have a nation of secular laws. That's not what our Founding Fathers intended, and that certainly isn't what God intended."

Actually, it’s precisely what the Founding Fathers intended because they were committed to Religious Freedom. Men like Madison and Jefferson were smart enough to realize that only a secular society, with secular laws, could be relied upon to protect that freedom.

As for what God intended, I haven’t got a clue. What leads you to believe that you do?

I consider it a disgrace that a member of Congress can hold such views and the people of Florida should hang their heads in shame. Let’s hope they correct the situation next election day.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the form of Evangelical Christianity as exemplified by people like Pat Robertson, Roy Moore, George Bush and Katherine Harris, is the greatest danger to American Democracy that has ever existed. It is fundamentally incompatible with democracy, it is fundamentally incompatible with science and it is fundamentally incompatible with all of the progress made by mankind since the enlightenment.