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Yes, it's wrong to liberals who want democratic representation and no theocratic rule. It's right in every way to those who follow the American Taliban and would like to see this country become an illiberal democracy, where only the properly religious get a say.

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They don't accept the idea that the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution define this as a pluralistic democracy. We are not a Theocracy or a Christian Nation. Leonard Leo and his hand picked judiciary want something else, as do the MAGAts.

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In my view, the imposition of a minority religious view on the whole nation is at least theocracy-lite. If not theocracy, then what?

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I think of it as a theocratic plutocracy.

It does blend well with the authoritarian hierarchy built in to many Christian churches.

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Hmm. I think you're right. Fits the recent facts better, too.

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тАЬProperly religiousтАЭ - did God(s) just cringe?

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Likely the God(s) don't care about what we think or do unless we threaten the fabric of our specific universe.

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pray tell, what is "properly religious"? No need to answer, my question is rhetorical, you already answered quite well.

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