I think that a sizeable percentage of the Christian Right are under the false impression that America is on the verge of moral collapse, and that were it not for their tireless and tiresome efforts, gay men who are pro-abortion would take over the nation and Tony Kushner would replace Shakespeare in the schools. Such people are deluded, paranoid and over-exposed. I think they will discover this as soon as Karl Rove's memoirs are published, but no time soon. In the meantime, amid legitimate complaints about media bias, we are suffering the reactionary anti-bias.
One of the reasons I find this astounding is due to the credibility given to Mel Gibson, of all people, in telling the story of Christ. If people actually believe that Christianity without movies and television is a failed religion, then perhaps we ought to get rid of all these new Christians and start Christianity over again.
Religion is not supposed to be fought in the media, nor in the legislature, but in the mind and in the heart. Unfortunately for us, too many Christians know no other way. Not that the Republican Party minds one bit, because the Democrats are too stupid to make appeals to Christians.
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