Via Pandagon, this Rolling Stone article is required reading for anyone who doesn’t think it’s a swell idea for America to become a Christian theocracy.
“Most people hear them talk about a ‘Christian nation’ and think, ‘Well, that sounds like a good, moral thing,’ says the Rev. Mel White, who ghostwrote Jerry Falwell’s autobiography before breaking with the evangelical movement. “What they don’t know — what even most conservative Christians who voted for Bush don’t know — is that ‘Christian nation’ means something else entirely to these Dominionist leaders. This movement is no more about following the example of Christ than Bush’s Clean Water Act is about clean water.”
A few years ago I had dinner with an Italian of Jewish descent who had had a rough time of it under Mussolini. I commented at the time that I thought that America was immune to such treatment of Jews, and he said that I was commendable for being so young and naïve. Over time, I’ve come to believe he was right, and what scares me is how many people I think are buying into the myth of American exceptionalism, as I did.