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Recent articles by Katherine Yurica and Chris Floyd give a glimpse at what is soon to come for America. While the attention of the public is diverted by hysteria over gay marraiges and terrorists under the bed, the extreme right is quietly laying the groundwork for the transistion of the United States from a constitutional democracy to a fundamentalist Christian theocracy to be led by the man who has been “chosen by God”. The “Constitution Restoration Act of 2004″ has been introduced in Congress by Rep. Robert Aderholt (Alabama), Rep. Michael Pence (Indiana), Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, Sen. Zell Miller (Georgia), Sen. Sam Brownback (Kansas), and Sen. Lindsey Graham (South Carolina) is one of the first steps toward the elimination of democracy and the transformation of the United States into an all Christian nation. With hundreds of millions to spend and the backing of many of the nation’s largest church groups and business interests, they have a good chance at succeeding.

The presidential election of 2004 will be a patriotic and religious orgy. It will not just be a choice between two candidates but perhaps  a referendum on everything America has ever been about. Never before in our history has democracy been hanging by a thread as slim it is today for the battle today is not from some foreign shores but from within. Millions gave their lives for over 200 years to protect the hallowed rights and freedoms which could soon vanish forever. Never before has there been a battle in which the choices are any more clear.  

The “Constitution Restoration Act of 2004″ is no joke; it was introduced last month by some of the Bush Regime’s most powerful Congressional sycophants. If enacted, it will effectively transform the American republic into a theocracy, where the arbitrary dictates of a “higher power” — as interpreted by a judge, policeman, bureaucrat or president — can override the rule of law…The Act — drafted by a minion of television evangelist Pat Robertson — is the fruit of decades of work by a group of extremists known broadly as “Dominionists.” Their openly expressed aim is to establish “biblical rule” over every aspect of society — placing “the state, the school, the arts and sciences, law, economics, and every other sphere under Christ the King.”…Again, this is no tiny band of cranks meeting in some basement in Alabama, as recent reports by investigators Karen Yurica and David Neiwert make clear. The Dominionists are bankrolled and directed by deep-pocketed, well-connected business moguls and political operatives who have engineered a takeover of the Republican Party and are now at the heart of the U.S. government…Put this juggernaut at the service of democracy-hating extremists with no legal restraints on their enforcement of “God’s sovereign authority” — plus a proven track record of subverting the law to gain political power — and what would you have? A mullah state? A military theocracy? Or should we just call it “a second term”?

Dominionist leaders in congress made their move; they introduced a bill in both houses called The Constitution Restoration Act of 2004. Among the sponsors of the bill are Rep. Robert Aderholt (Alabama), Rep. Michael Pence (Indiana), Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, Sen. Zell Miller (Georgia), Sen. Sam Brownback (Kansas), and Sen. Lindsey Graham (South Carolina). The House version is H.R. 3799 and the Senate version is S. 2082. The bill limits the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts to hear cases involving “expressions of religious faith by elected or appointed officials.”

http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/ConstitutionRestorationAct.htm

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New Domionist Bill Limits the Supreme Court’s Jurisdiction
The Yurica Report, Feb. 28, 2004

The Despoiling of America
The Yurica Report, Feb. 11, 2004

Divine Transmissions
Rush, Newspeak and Facism, David Neiwert, June 2003

Constitution Restoration Act of 2004
U.S. House of Representatives Bill HR 3799, Feb. 11, 2004

Antonin Scalia: God’s Justice and Ours
First Things, May 2002

Homeland Defense Chief Predicts Long War on Terror
GovExec.com, March 4, 2004

How George W. Bush Won the 2004 Presidential Election
Infernal Press, September 2003

Theocratic Dominionism Gains Influence
The Public Eye, March/June 1994

Avenging Angel of the Religious Right
Salon.com, Jan. 6, 2004

Jesus Plus Nothing
Harpers, March 2003

E-Voting: How it Can Put the Wrong Candidate in Office
Common Dreams, Sept. 3, 2003

The Theft of Your Vote is Just a Chip Away
Thom Hartmann, July 31, 2003

Mishaps Run Deeper Than New Machines
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 7, 2004

College for the Home-Schooled is Shaping Leaders for the Right
New York Times, March 8, 2004

Diebold’s Political Machine
Mother Jones, March 3, 2004

Crossing the Threshold
Boston Phoenix, March 5, 2004

Homeland Security Information Network to Expand Collaboration
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Feb. 24, 2004

Slavery Under God’s Laws
Productive Christians in an Age of Guilt Manipulators, Institute for Christian Economics, 1981,

Stoning: Integral to Commandment Against Murder
The Sinai Strategy: Economics and the Ten Commandment, Institute for Christian Economics, 1986, http://www.serve.com/thibodep/cr/stoning2.htm

World Conquest: The Obligation of Christian Politics
The Changing of the Guard, Dominion Press, 1987

An Anthology of Reconstructist Thought
Christian Reconstructionism, November 2002

Judicial Warfare: Christian Reconstructionism and its Blueprint for Dominion