This is why some, seemingly intelligent, people fear George W. Bush. They were just SURE he was going to create a Theocracy! These kinds of folks are suspicious of anyone who mentions religion in public. Stephen Carter from Harvard wrote a book about that; folks just get nervous when other start talking about religion outside of Church. They distrust folks they consider overly religious, cause they think they're being proselytized.
A friend of our #1 son said once that he was worried about President Bush pushing his own religion on the country, thus forming a Theocracy. I asked him where he was getting this idea; what kinds of publications did he read? He mentioned "The Guardian", and I told him he needed to broaden his mind and read other publications that might present a different point of view. Heck even I read the New York Times and the Washington Post from time to time!
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That shocked me, but I have heard it more and more. Later I had a co worker tell me that he feared me voting and being active in politics since I was a Christian. He was (and might still be) convinced that I was going try to launch a theocratic coup.
This is classic propaganda. First you plant the seed, then you dehumanize your opponent, and then can move against them.
Guess what point we are in.