Morality Police

“The church is supposed to direct the government. The government is not supposed to direct the church. That is not how our Founding Fathers intended it.” - Republican representative from Colorado, Lauren Boebert (Washington Post)

That's just factually wrong, of course, and if we want to see what that would be like, we have an example in the news right now ...

Iran protests: Mahsa Amini's death puts morality police under spotlight

The Gasht-e Ershad (Guidance Patrols) are special police units tasked with ensuring the respect of Islamic morals and detaining people who are perceived to be "improperly" dressed.

Under Iranian law, which is based on the country's interpretation of Sharia, women are obliged to cover their hair with a hijab (headscarf) and wear long, loose-fitting clothing to disguise their figures.

Ms Amini allegedly had some hair visible under her headscarf when she was arrested by morality police in Tehran on 13 September. She fell into a coma shortly after collapsing at a detention centre and died three days later in hospital. The force denied reports that officers beat her head with a baton and banged it against one of their vehicles ...

The Republicans want to shove their skewed brand of Christianity down our country's throat. They have already banned abortion in many states, banned books they don't like, banned even mentioning gay people, etc. If they win Congress and/or the presidency, what will be next? A Republican version of the Morality Police?