U.S. a Theocratic State


	U.S. a Theocratic State

laceym

6-4-2007 10:20 PM

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religion, politics, theocracy

laceym says:

Any Canucks wish to respond?

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6-5-2007 4:59 PM

Seosamh Dalzell

I wonder for how long Canada will remain a secular state with the Bushco-admiring Harper at the helm, keeping in mind that the Conservative Party is a recent fusion of the former PCs and a right-wing evangelical party.

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