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From: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Israel a theocracy?
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Date: Mon, 16-Dec-85 21:08:45 EST
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Reply-To: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold)
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I agree that a theocracy is, minimally, a nation ruled by reilgious figures.
This does not, however, exclude England whose monarch is ex officio
"Head of the Anglican Church."  Moreover, Britain still has laws against
blasphemy, which have been used to censor literary publications.

--Lee Gold