We must fight Christian extremests from making America a theocracy

You know what’s scary? In a recent poll, according to the Huffington Post, 34% of Americans are in favor of Establishing Christianity as the official State religion in their state. Do you see how dangerously close America is to becoming a Theocracy like Iran? A theocracy is a government ruled by or subject to religious authority. This is INSANE! Every time I turn around, there’s another assault on the separation of church and state. “In God We Trust” on our money. “One Nation Under God” in our pledge. The constant attempts to have Creationism taught in public schools, The repeated attempts to create laws against gay marriage and abortion based on the Bible. The ridiculous claims that evolution is “just a theory”. The attack on those who want to respect all religions by saying “Happy Holidays” instead of "Merry Christmas". The many displays of the 10 commandments or Nativity scenes in Court Houses and on public property. Politicians saying “God Bless America” after every speech. The actual prohibition of Atheists holding public office in many State Constitutions. These are all attempts to make America a Theocracy. Oh, what’s the harm, right? Most people are Christian anyway, right? The founding fathers were Christians, right? No. Even if every American believed in Jesus Christ, that still wouldn’t be justification for a theocracy. Most of our founding fathers were Deists, NOT Christians. Imagine if Christianity became the law of the land. We would be stoning unruly children to death and giving the death penalty to those who worked on the Sabbath! Picture this: A convicted rapist stands before a judge to be sentenced. The Judge opens the Bible and reads Deuteronomy 22:28-29 “If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay her father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.” He then orders the rapist to pay the father 50 ounces of Silver and sets a Wedding Date with the instructions that a divorce will never be allowed. Is that the kind of country we want to live in? Is that what you want America to become? Think about this! What if there was a child that wanted to become a scientist and might one day find a cure for cancer…and the parents of that child pounded into his mind that Evolution wasn’t real and destroyed the chances of that child getting involved with real science. How much damage would that cause mankind? You couldn’t put a price on it. This is the 21st Century. We as a nation need to embrace SCIENCE, not Theology! Sure, I respect the Constitution and the freedom of religion. I’m not saying you can’t believe what you want. Sure….go pray at home, at church or even silently in school. Nobody is stopping you. Yet, according to Kevin Fitzgerald of the Knights of Columbus Council 11091 in Ohio, “There are many examples of people trying to take Christianity and Christmas out of our daily lives”. He expressed a concern for Atheist attempts to remove the 10 Commandments from public court houses and nativity scenes from public property,yet he expressed no concern for the separation of Church and State. His excuse was that “50 years ago, there would be a nativity scene in every town square”, as if getting away with it then, made it perfectly legal and Constitutional. During the 1950’s, Americans were overly-frightened by the expansion of Communism. Since the dictators of Communist countries removed religion in order to gain better power over their people, Americans tried to do the opposite by embracing religion. During McCarthyism, “In God We Trust” was added to our money and “Under God” was added to the pledge of allegiance. Those things were not originally there. Because, of the fear of Communism, we made a giant leap towards a Theocracy. The Knights of Columbus are selling magnets that say “Keep Christ in Christmas” as if there were some kind of "War on Christmas”. These magnets are another tool to bring America closer to a theocracy. Imaginary attacks on Christianity are not productive. Support for the separation of Church and State is not a war on any religion. As we go further into the 21st Century, we, as a nation, have an opportunity to become an even greater nation then we already are. We can support the Constitution’s freedom of religion and, at the same time, uphold the separation of Church and State. There is room for both. If 34% of our citizens actually support us becoming a Theocracy, they should look closely at other countries like Iran and see how well that’s working out for them.