I Know It's a Little Late, But...

If you really needed one more reason why we should try to avoid a theocracy in this country...

Well, here you go:

April 30th, 2009 Churchgoers more likely to back torture, survey finds Posted: 01:55 PM ET WASHINGTON (CNN) — The more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists, according to a new analysis. More than half of people who attend services at least once a week — 54 percent — said the use of torture against suspected terrorists is “often” or “sometimes” justified. Only 42 percent of people who “seldom or never” go to services agreed, according the analysis released Wednesday by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.

Here's the big shocking M. Night Shyamalan-type twist, are you ready? Maybe you should sit down.

White evangelical Protestants were the religious group most likely to say torture is often or sometimes justified — more than 6 in 10 supported it. People unaffiliated with any religious organization were least likely to back it. Only 4 in 10 of them did.(emphasis mine)

Shocking, no? Those who want a theocracy in America are the same ones most likely to support torture.

 In America, a theocracy would mean a torqueocracy.

(Throw this one on the pile for next year, eh Blue Gal?)