The bulk of Bahnsen's lengthy treatise on Theonomy does not discuss politics, but the basic concept of the abiding validity of the Old Testament generally. In attacking this application of the Theonomic thesis, these theologians have insulted God's perfect Law, inadvertently defended homosexuals, adulterers, and incorrigible criminals, and tangled themselves up in a great knot of contradictions. But there are genuine problems with the generally-accepted application of the Theonomic thesis to the State. I am convinced the theonomic thesis cannot be refuted. I agree that the Reconstructionist movement has certain tendencies which are dangerous.
Every movement needs to be checked by other movements.
If the picture many theologians have of a Reconstructionist theocracy is frightening, may I suggest they cease insulting God's Law in the Old Testament and begin questioning traditional applications of those laws, as well as traditional views of the State. These words were first written back when conservative Christians were putting Ronald Reagan into office.