Seriously, it's really difficult for most of us lib'ruls to grasp just how archaic the mindset of today's right-wing Protestant fundies is; it's essentially a seventeenth-century worldview.

Yep, much like those on the other side of the planet who dream of restoring the Caliphate. It's stunning how very much the same the two groups are, and coming to accept this fact has helped rouse me into feeling I should seek to do something about it.

My point is that I feel, for me, like it's time to move beyond ranting, and start looking for ways to act. The core fundamentalists might be immutable in their beliefs, but what they're trying to do, though, is proselytize to the nation through entirely inappropriate avenues. I think that we the Reality-Based can and should resist this with equal strength -- and I'd like to think we can do it with greater strength, because truth is actually on our side, god dammit.