On Dominionist Infiltration

Chris Hedges has written an alarming essay about Dominionist Christians infiltrating our military and police departments. Hedge's title is "America's Holy Warriors." Here's his lead paragraph:

The drive by the Christian right to take control of military chaplaincies, which now sees radical Christians holding roughly 50 percent of chaplaincy appointments in the armed services and service academies, is part of a much larger effort to politicize the military and law enforcement. This effort signals the final and perhaps most deadly stage in the long campaign by the radical Christian right to dismantle America's open society and build a theocratic state. A successful politicization of the military would signal the end of our democracy.

All I would add to what Hedges has written is a mention of Bill Gothard's Character Cities initiative and its focus on influencing police departments. Here's a link to a blog I wrote a year ago on "Whatever became of Bill Gothard?"