Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Constitutionally speaking

From Wikipedia:Theocracy:

The term theocracy is used to describe a form of government in which a religion or faith plays a dominant role.

In the most common usage of the term theocracy, in which some civil rulers are identical with some leaders of the dominant religion (e.g., the Byzantine emperor as head of the Church), governmental policies are either identical with or strongly influenced by the principles of a religion (often the majority religion), and typically, the government claims to rule on behalf of God or a higher power, as specified by the local religion. However, unlike other forms of government, a theocracy can be unique in that the administrative hierarchy of government is often identical with the administrative hierarchy of a religion. This distinguishes a theocracy from forms of governments which have a state religion or from traditional monarchies in which the head of state claims that his or her authority comes from God.
See: Iraq.

(Weren't we supposed to be installing a democracy?)

And so it goes.

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