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Tuesday, March 29, 2005


Theocracy in action?
Glenn Reynolds comments on the argument between Jeff Jarvis and High Hewitt on whether federal intervention into the Terri Schiavo case amounts to "theocracy in action." Jeff says yes, Hugh says no. Glenn agrees with Hugh:

Hugh's right that it's hard to ascribe the Congressional legislation to "theocrats" when it was supported by Tom Harkin (and Ralph Nader!). There's much more going on than that; this is a matter on which all sorts of people, of all sorts of persuasions, can be found on both sides.

On the other hand, here's some advice, very similar to advice I gave to the antiwar movement: If you don't want to be confused with a movement led by theocrats, don't let actual theocrats be seen as your spokesmen. It may be impossible to shut Randall Terry up -- though if I were Karl Rove, I would have tried really hard -- but he needs to be loudly and regularly denounced as a nut. Otherwise you're in the same boat as lefties who don't want to be identified with Ward Churchill, but happily use him when they want to draw a crowd.
Which is a good point. But consider also:

  • More than two-thirds of Americans who identify themselves as evangelical Christians oppose the action by the Congress and the president in interjecting the federal courts into the Schiavo tragedy. The cited poll is six days old, so the numbers may have shifted some, but I doubt they've dropped below the 50 percent level.

    I would think this mitigates against a "theocratic" foundation for the Congress' action.

    by Donald Sensing, 3/29/2005 07:08:00 PM. Permalink |  





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