Theocracy is Bad

(Obviously.)

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I’m going to start this piece with recommendations for further reading, because strict organized religion played a major part in my life, but for a relatively short time. Here are some recent pieces to put it all in context, starting with two pieces by friends and fellow South Carolinians, which speak more directly to the Evangelical culture of the region.

• Amberlyn Boitier, “Another Bill Passes, Another Trans Kid Dies; The ‘Most Progressive Party in American History’ Comforts Us with Apathy”

• Paul Bowers, “The far side of the creek: On leaving church, leaving journalism, and never leaving home”.

• Charles M. Blow, “Alabama’s I.V.F. Ruling Shows Our Slide Toward Theocracy”.

• Robert Reich, “The Emerging Republican Theocracy”.

I have resisted writing about this, because I don’t feel qualified, but the encroachment of theocracy and religious nationalism into government seems to be something we should all be conside…