Cross Fever Spreading-Theocracy Gaining Ground

Just two days after the U.S. House of Representatives decided that a religious icon in San Diego needed federal protection, California's two 'liberal Democratic' senators, Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, appear to have joined ranks with the bible thumpers as a bill heads to the Senate in defense of the Mt. Soledad Cross.

Excuse me, Senator's...which party of "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" don't you understand? Or have you just decided that pandering to the religious majority is your best bet of holding on to your seats of power a little longer?

Right wing news sources seem to be agog in glee with the recent developments, but the fact that the federal government is about to get into the business of taking over public lands with religious icons is another sign that America is on the path to theocracy...that very form of government the Neo-Con agenda has been decrying in the Middle East. The only difference is the brand of religion being espoused.

What makes matters even more interesting is the fact that both of the Distinguished Women from California are Jewish. Not that that really matters except for the fact that it seems despite widespread public distrust of Republicans and their corporate-religious form of government, more and more Democrats are pretending to be Republican-lite instead of standing up for classic American principals.

What next friends? Will the government start using eminent domain to shut down mosques, temples, or Buddhist monastaries and transforming them into Christian shrines? It used to be scoffed when the words 'theocracy' and 'America' were uttered in the same breath. Now, with two Democratic senators from one of the country's largest liberal states joining hands with the religious right, I'm not so sure you can dismiss the thought so easily.


(cross posted at Bring It On!)