I’ve had enough of the suffocating grip religion has on our politics, morals, laws, lifestyle and culture. As an agnostic or skeptic, I’ve spent my life bending over backwards to accommodate the beliefs of religious people who see the world differently than I do. But the relentless march of the theocracy movement in this country has crossed a line. You can’t just conjure up a deity and then proceed to dictate rules, laws, and acceptable behavior based on this fictional creation.

I’ve tiptoed around expressing my views on religion and politics out of fear of causing offense. But no more. My wife and many of my friends adhere to a religious faith, yet I can’t ignore the looming threat that organized religion poses.

Religion isn’t just a personal belief system; it’s a force that threatens the very fabric of our society. We must push back against its encroachment into our laws, our institutions, and our lives. Enough is enough. It’s time to stand up and challenge the tyranny of religious influence.

At my age, I fear that dangerous religious thinking will have an influence on how I may choose to die or how I can control my wishes on medical care as I am dying. Keep your “God” out of my life!

(The Alabama Chief Justice Who Invoked God in Deciding Embryo Case: Chief Justice Tom Parker has long been revered by conservative groups as an architect for the overturning of Roe v. Wade.)

Abortion Shield Laws: A New War Between the States

Doctors in six states where abortion is legal are using new laws to send abortion pills to tens of thousands of women in states where it is illegal.

“Control of women’s bodies is the endgame. And some religious conservatives won’t stop until that goal is achieved. For that reason, intervening victories — like the overturning of Roe v. Wade — will never be seen as enough; they will only intensify a blinding sense of righteousness.”

Charles M. Blow NYT

Alabama’s I.V.F. Ruling Shows Our Slide Toward Theocracy