Romney and Theocracy Roundup

Regarding today's Boston Globe article titled "Romney Warns of Theocracy Danger", Wes of Walk in Brain asks:

Anyone else notice the irony in Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R-UT) warning about the dangers of theocracy?

As it turns out, a lot of people noticed. Marry in Massachusetts had this to say:

So, what the Cap'n did not add was that our POTUS wants to legislate narrow religious tenets into our constitution and laws. At first glance, that would seem to steam toward theocracy of a kind this liberty-loving nation has never seen nor wanted. Surely, he can explain this mess to me.

Adam Reilly adds the following:

Color me cynical, but as a prominent Mormon politician--whose faith may pose problems with evangelical voters--does Romney really want emphasize the perils of mixing religion and politics

And of course, Chimes at Midnight summed up the situation in typical style:

This is the same sworn enemy of "theocracy" and a candidate for President who would happily kiss James Dobson's boney ass in the display window of Macy's all in return for the merest pat on the head.

Our local expert on the Religious Right, Fred Clarkson, has yet to weigh in, but I can imagine him echoing these words:

They want to bring down our government, bring down our entire economy. They want to put in place a huge theocracy.
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[T]here are some who wish to bring down the Western-leaning governments and put in a more fundamentalist, religious leadership.

Of course, I don't imagine Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Romney would be talking about the same "They".