Margaret Atwood wrote a terrific book called the "Handmaid's Tale" which was later made into a movie by Volker Schlöndorff starring Natasha Richardson which dealt with the issue of combining Church and State.
A group of fundamentalists overthrow the government and install a puritanical military theocracy. It is sold as a "better for everyone" ideal which as usual turns out to be best if you are part of the "everyone" running things.
I could see the Tea Party, Pat Robertson and their ilk wanting this very badly. Coincidentally, Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell campaigned loudly to have the book and movie banned, which they were, in the American Bible belt. Could Ms. Atwood have given away their plans?
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