U.S. a theocratic state

[thefugitivesaint]

According to Canada’s former ambassador to Washington, America is a "...a theocratic state" in which Christian evangelicalism plays a big role in the Republican administration."

He referred to a current congressional investigation in Washington into whether partisan political and religious loyalties were used in the hiring and firing of U.S. attorneys and immigration judges. He also alluded to a report that 150 graduates of a Christian evangelical school have worked at the White House in recent years.

From this article (http://www.canada.com/topics/news/politics/story.html?id=54dc1e4b-de0c-4feb-8c0b-93b8968d793e&k=76500).

Is Frank McKenna accurate in making this declaration? Is America a "theocratic state"? Could people like Chris Hedges (http://www.amazon.com/American-Fascists-Christian-Right-America/dp/0743284437/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-1487306-2436760?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180825976&sr=1-1) be correct to catagorize certain aspects of Christianity as directly influencing American politics in favor of their own particular theistic POV? Has American politics become overly influenced by a radical religious minority dedicated to its own control of our socio-political life? Your thoughts?
-theSaint

[JohNeo]

If some had their way it would be a theocracy, but as long as the Constitution does not grant power to God or his henchmen, I don't see how it could be. Evangelicals may use the pulpit for politics, but there are checks and balances against them owning the system, such as the Democratic party, the ACLU (which does a pretty good job of showing up when the First Amendment is threatened), and even pure capitalism.

The Christian Wrong annoy the hell out of me, but I wouldn't say they have succeeded in destroying our Constitution and replacing it with the Bible. Yet.

JN

[ecco]

Nibble by nibble by nibble.

[gargoyle]

“Right now the United States is in many ways a theocratic state, not dissimilar to some of the other religious states in the world where religion has a huge part to play in government."

He referred to a current congressional investigation in Washington into whether partisan political and religious loyalties were used in the hiring and firing of U.S. attorneys and immigration judges. He also alluded to a report that 150 graduates of a Christian evangelical school have worked at the White House in recent years.

By contrast, he said in a speech to a business audience hosted by the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, "Canada is truly a secular state. Religion and politics do not mix in this country.”

Mckenna is not calling america a theocracy. He is using a sliding scale to describe the influence of religion in the present american administration.

There are some similarities between granite and diamonds.