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"You may rest assured that evangelical Christians will not come to power in this country - it isn't going to happen. There will be no "theocracy." " ~ Wallace T

The Founders made sure of that. They knew that there would always be plenty of religious kooks out there who think they speak for God, himself, and would impose their ideas on the rest of us in a heartbeat if they got the opportunity, just like they did in Europe. They blocked them with the Constitution.

And I will only "rest assured" that neither the religious left nor the religious right will be able to impose their religious conscience on me --- as long as the Constitution is doing what it was set up to do, ie: guard absolute [self-evident] truth:

The founders of the United States of America believed that all men were created with equal authority. ...

In America, one man’s liberty is not dependent upon another man’s conscience!

INTRODUCTION TO THE LIBERTY PRINCIPLES IN AMERICAN POLITICS by Stephen L. Corrigan - http://w3.one.net/~stephenc/fun.html

[Wallace T.]

I wouldn't bet on the left not coming to power. I don't know what you mean by the religious left, but the liberation theology advocates are mainly noteworthy for being well in line with Marxists, whether of the traditional or the Gramscian kind. Keep in mind that the overall political spectrum has been moving leftward for many decades. In today's environment, Hubert Humphrey would be regarded as a moderate, sort of like Joe Lieberman, and Barry Goldwater would be seen as a radical right wacko even by some in this forum.

The left plays in the gutter and usually succeeds. The right mostly imposes Marquis of Queensbury rules and usually loses. I'm not saying the ends justify the means, but it seems conservatives don't have any desire to play tough when needed. The liberals do. I am not fond of Judge Greer, but he has guts and a strong will.