America, Fascism, And God: Sermons from a Heretical Preacher

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Some BuzzFlash readers may remember a searing, insightful sermon by a Texas minister that caromed around the Internet for awhile. It was called "Living Under Fascism" -- and it fulfilled the hopes and expectations that a religious leader would utter the "F" word and then make a convincing case that the Republicans have crossed the line into that form of government.

Rev. Davidson Loehr delivered his historical sermon on November 7, 2004. He warned then:

"You may wonder why anyone would try to use the word 'fascism' in a serious discussion of where America is today. It sounds like cheap name-calling, or melodramatic allusion to a slew of old war movies. But I am serious. I don't mean it as name-calling at all. I mean to persuade you that the style of governing into which America has slid is most accurately described as fascism, and that the necessary implications of this fact are rightly regarded as terrifying. That's what I am about here."