The Political Faith of Rick Perry

Perry, Mitt Romney (as a Mormon), and to a greater extent Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin, possess a political doctrine called Dominionism.

We are to exercise godly dominion and influence over our neighborhoods, our schools, our government ... our entertainment media, our news media, our scientific endeavors - in short, over every aspect and institution of human society. ~ televangelist. D. James Kennedy

The term comes from the divine instruction in the Bible and narrows its focus from all of mankind to just Christians. They see it as their duty to take over governments and impose a strict Christian orthodoxy on all public and private matters. Dominionists never honestly and openly state their goals, as anyone who has seen the effects of a fundamentalist takeover of a school board can testify. But their goals can be expressed in a few simple concepts.

Christian Nationalism

The Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation. ~ John McCain

Central to Dominionist philosophy is the notion that the United States is a Christian nation in the same way that Iran is an Islamic Republic. They believe that the Constitution, first and foremost, must be interpreted as a Christian document. By their reading, the First Amendment's freedom of religion applies only to Christian sects. The Constitution Restoration Act would prevent courts from reviewing any government action taken in "acknowledgment of God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government."

Christian Imperialism

We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. ~ Anne Coulter

Wherever the US military has gone in recent years it has brought Christian imperialism with it. In Iraq and Afghanistan the military has aggressively proselytizing Protestant Christianity. Both wars have been made infinitely more difficult by the ham-handed preaching of the United States. 

This Is War

Christians, are under constant attack by radical secularists, homosexual activists, federal judges, non-believers and pagans.

To hear Dominionists talk you'd think things are worse now than when Nero was Roman emperor. By playing the victim, they justify attacks on gays, liberals, and non-Christians as simply self-defense. Their goal is to defeat all these enemies and exercise "godly dominion" over everything. Exactly how far Dominionists will go to wage their war again the ungodly we will not know until after they gain power.

Homosexuals in concentration camps wore pink triangles.