Just a note about fighting for your religion

[kinzel]

As a science fiction writer... I'm supposed to ask, in part, what if.

So: what if a group of Christian fundamentalists tries to take over a US state and, if the Feds don't come to heel, to take that state out of the US in order to "redeem" it?

This is kind of an off-the-wall thing right? I mean, Heinlein and all those others couldn't been thinking about...about people like this, right? I mean, wouldn't South Carolina make a great place to start a civil war... oh, it's been done already?

In the face of all the people killed in the name of God and Allah in the last few years alone, how can this guy think that what he's suggesting would result in anything but hate and, ultimately, fanatic bloodletting?

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[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

It's not just the far right Christian extremists. Libertarians are trying to take over one of the New England states (I think New Hampshire?) and Mormon polygamists are building a compound in West Texas. Their purchase of land, etc. was terribly sub rosa, but legal. Unfortunately, the local people trying to figure out a way to protect themselves from being overrun are a small portion of the push behind Prop. 2--a state constitutional amendment that is nothing but trouble, it's so poorly thought out. (See my journal for more on it.)

Every once in a while, I sneak a peek out of the corner of my eye, and wonder if we're living in Friday's America, and not ours.

I don't have an answer. If Prop. 2 passes, I may have to leave Texas to be able to order my affairs the way I choose to do so. So...is it time for a bunch of us to find a center of open-minded people, who understand that we all must pay for public education, or be the prey of those who can't earn a living--or carry them as a burden on the dole? Who wish to give to their constitution, and receive its bounty in turn?

We should factor expensive heating oil into this move as well, probably...