Wait. Any group, evangelical or otherwise, with an excessive amount of power and influence can be susceptible to abuse of their power. Sounds like some people here are just expressing a real concern about the potential for certain evangelical groups to use their influence to push less than democratic and or unbiblical agendas.
Creating a theocracy may be a bit of stretch but what is it that the evangelicals hope to acieve with their influence? Save souls? OK, I'll accept that. But is that all? No. They're trying to use their influence to change laws. Reverse court decisions. Amend the constitution. Just to name a few. All in such a way that fits their particular version of christianity. And hey, nobody should fault them for that. They're exercising their rights to participate in the democratic process that's in place.
What bothers me somewhat though is that there seems to be a perception that all evangelicals or christians are of the same political persuasions. And its easy to see why people would believe that to be true. The media tends to frame the christian point of view in conservative right leaning perspectives. Expressed by vocal and high profile movements like the Christian Coalition and Moral Majority. The truth is though that not all christians think alike politically. Heck, they disagree all the time on biblical matters. That's probably why there are so many different christian denominattions! Its just not smart to lump all christians as having the same political goals and agendas.
