True, right now they are a minor threat, and possibly they could in-breed themselves into oblivion in a few generations or all die of AIDS because of denial over STDs happening because Real Christians don't have sex. But I think the author has a point towards the end there - radical groups come into power in times of catastrophe. When people are scared, the Patriot Act gets passed quickly and with little opposition. I can see this being a possibility given the right circumstances, even if its unlikely that those circumstances will come about.
Far more likely than a catastophe and radical revolution, though, is a subtle (or not so subtle) pressure on legislature to blur the line between church and state, and if another so-called born again gets elected president, he'll be able to appoint even more justices that are willing to go along with such things.
God forbid, of course. I'd rather we lost Congress in favor of the White House to prevent such a thing. (I'm wary of any party controlling that much of the government.)
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Re: just my .02
Date: 2007-02-12 11:27 pm (UTC)Far more likely than a catastophe and radical revolution, though, is a subtle (or not so subtle) pressure on legislature to blur the line between church and state, and if another so-called born again gets elected president, he'll be able to appoint even more justices that are willing to go along with such things.
God forbid, of course. I'd rather we lost Congress in favor of the White House to prevent such a thing. (I'm wary of any party controlling that much of the government.)