Johnny-Come-Lately Evangelical Theocrats


	Johnny-Come-Lately Evangelical Theocrats

baydawg

4-10-2009 8:23 PM

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protestantism, church attendance, evangelicals, theocrats

baydawg says:

and now it's back to the status quo ante

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