It irritates me to no end to hear Karl Rove and his cronies pontificate about "Christian values" as if Christians were a homogenous bloc united in their opposition to biological science, religious pluralism, gay rights, and a host of other wedge issues concocted to appeal to their neo-conservative base.
Actually, the history of the chuch since the Protestant Reformation has been characterized by disagreement, schism, and pluralism. On the whole, this has been a healthy process. Nobody should be denied their religious freedom because of church or state-sponsored dogma.
Unfortunately, respect for the rights of others -- coupled with political correctness, and perhaps a bit of personal timidity -- has led to a sort of tacit approval of their opinions. There is no reciprocation on the part of the ignorant loud-mouthed snake-handling Bible-thumpers that presume to speak for us all.
I wish everyone would hear Davidson Loehr's sermon Living Under Fascisim and realize that passive opposition to the more abusive policies of the current administration is not nearly enough. Our very democratic institutions are under attack, and all that is required for their destruction is for people of good will to do nothing, and allow criminals like Rove to persuade the "undecided" centrists.
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