I’m sorry to see that even the NyTimes is referring to the Republican US Senate as trying to impose theocracy in one form or another.

Usually the NyTime does not use extreme rhetoric, even though they espouse liberal views on their editorial pages.

So I guess the NyTimes no longer considers it extreme to refer to the Republican Party as supporting theocracy, at least as regards to appointing judges who (the Republicans think) might uphold theocratic principles and laws.

The “T” word is entering common discourse.

The New York Times > Opinion > Editorial: Bill Frist’s Religious War: “EDITORIAL
Bill Frist’s Religious War

Published: April 16, 2005

Right-wing Christian groups and the Republican politicians they bankroll have done much since the last election to impose their particular religious views on all Americans. But nothing comes close to the shameful declaration of religious war by Bill Frist, the Senate majority leader, over the selection of judges for federal courts.

Senator Frist is to appear on a telecast sponsored by the Family Research Council, which styles itself a religious organization but is really just another Washington lobbying concern. The message is that the Democrats who oppose a tiny handful of President Bush’s judicial nominations are conducting an assault ‘against people of faith.’ By that, Senator Frist and his allies do not mean people of all faiths, only those of their faith.

It is one thing when private groups foment this kind of intolerance. It is another thing entirely when it’s done by the highest-ranking member of the United States Senate …

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Senator Frist is determined to get judges on the federal bench who are loyal to the Republican fringe and, he hopes, would accept a theocratic test on decisions.”