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Liberals worry that President Bush's reelection will lead to an American theocracy | Gene Edward Veith

Secularits are in a state of panic about the role of evangelical Christians in the reelection of George Bush. They actually believe that American democracy is in danger, that we are on the verge of becoming a theocracy.

"Putting God in the public square runs the risk of turning our democracy into a theocracy," frets DeWayne Wickham in USA Today. Leonard Pitts of The Miami Herald warns darkly of "the soldiers of the new American theocracy who want to force ‘creation science' on the schools."

Former Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart warns that "America is a secular, not a theocratic, republic. Because of this, it should concern us that declarations of ‘faith' are quickly becoming a condition for seeking public office."

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