There's been a ton of talk in the past few years about the coming American theocracy, one fueled by conservative Christian support of President Bush, not of a nation where the majority of people profess to be Christians but something like a Saudi Arabia for the West.

Whether this ever could happen, I don't know. But certainly it's not going to happen any time soon. The Republicans lost Congress in November, and Bush has became a really, really lame duck. Still pundits, authors and the blogosphere find this a concern worth fretting about.

Last weekend, a "blogswarm dedicated to the separation of church and state" held the first Blog Against Theocracy, for which members were asked to write at least one blog post. This was the message that preceded the event:

The post will be against theocracy, in favor of our Constitutional guarantee of separation of church and state. But there are a LOT of issues tied to this, as is pointed out in the First Freedom First website:

No religious discrimination.
PRO End-of-Life Care (no more Terri Schiavo travesties)
Reproductive health decisions made by individuals, not religious "majorities"
Democracy not Theocracy
Academic Integrity (like, a rock is as old as it is, not as old as the Bible says)
Sound Science (good bye so-called "intelligent" design)
Respect for ALL families (based on love, not sexual orientation. Hellooooo.)
And finally,
The right to worship, OR NOT.

So take your pick and write your post(s). Really, the wider variety of topics makes it all the more interesting.

Thanks to the Dallas Morning News' religion blog for pointing this out.