Get offa My Cloud

Never for a moment did I ever seek to, or want to restrict someone's freely practicing their religion. Now however, it seems that religious zealots want to run my life according to their plan. They want to live by faith and anti-intellectualism, and they want to force me to do the same. 

I wouldn't think of walking into their church and arguing against their doctrine, so why do they think they have any need or right to preach creationism in public schools?

Their wealthy churches don't pay taxes, but want a hand in government. They even want -and get- my tax money to redistribute to whomever they choose, without oversight.

The National Republican Party is taking the same path as the Texas Republican Party, pandering to extremist zealots. It can't be a majority party on its own, so it has cynically formed a coalition with them. Bush bribes them with faith-based vigorish,and presidential candidate Bill Frist showed that he's ready to turn the government into the American Taliban just woo them.

The Republicans are making the same bargain with religious extremists that the Saudi's made with the Wahabi. The bargain is this: (corporate) aristocracy will continue to live its rarefied existence, while the zealots control the everyday lives of the common people.

Despite talking a good line about seeding democracy overseas, we're actively converting to a theocracy here.