This Isn’t Sunday School—It’s a Warning Sign
Header: Evangelicals Are Building a Theocracy—With Your Tax Dollars
Dear Readers,
There’s a slow-moving coup happening in America, and it’s not wearing camouflage or storming buildings this time. It’s wearing a cross and holding a Bible. And while many of us were distracted by the circus of indictments, parades, and political theater, the Evangelical right has quietly been building a theocracy—brick by taxpayer-funded brick.
Let me be crystal clear: what we’re witnessing is not religious freedom. It is religious control. And the blueprint looks suspiciously like Iran’s model, where a religious authority—the Ayatollah—wields absolute power over the government. The only difference? Ours are wearing MAGA hats and calling it “school choice.”
The Trojan Horse: Private Religious Schools Funded by You
Under the guise of “parental rights” and “school freedom,” taxpayer money is now being siphoned into private religious institutions that are free to discriminate, indoctrinate, and reject any semblance of secular education. These schools don’t have to follow the same accountability standards as public schools, yet they’re cashing in on voucher programs, “education savings accounts,” and other schemes designed to gut public education.
Let’s get this straight: You are paying for schools that may teach children that evolution is a myth, that LGBTQ+ people are sinners, that women should submit to men, and that Christianity is the only valid worldview. In some cases, these schools teach that America is a divinely ordained Christian nation—directly contradicting the Constitution they claim to revere.
This isn’t education. This is indoctrination, weaponized and state-sponsored.
What Ever Happened to Separation of Church and State?
The Founding Fathers—many of whom were deists, skeptics, or flat-out not fans of organized religion—built a wall between church and state on purpose. They had seen what happens when one religion controls a government. Spoiler alert: it ends with oppression, censorship, and punishment for non-believers.
But now? That wall is being torn down by people who claim to love the Constitution but clearly skipped the First Amendment.
It says: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”
Paying for private religious education with public money is establishing religion. Period. And let’s be honest—this isn’t about freedom of religion. It’s about freedom to impose one religion on everyone else.
We’re Not Iran—Yet
We like to point fingers at theocratic regimes like Iran or Afghanistan and say, “Thank God that’s not us.” But if we keep allowing religious extremists to dictate national policy—whether it’s abortion bans, book bans, or Bible-based biology—it will be us.
And the worst part? You’re funding it. You, the taxpayer, are involuntarily tithing to a church you may not believe in, whose values you may find abhorrent, because politicians sold you the lie that religious schools are somehow superior.
If they really were better, they wouldn’t need to raid the public coffers to stay afloat.
Take Action Before It’s Too Late
It’s time to say enough. If we wanted to live in a theocracy, we’d move to Tehran.
📣 Call your Senators and Representatives. Right now.
Tell them you do not support any legislation that redirects public funds to private religious schools. Demand full funding for public education—secular, inclusive, and accountable to all.
🗳️ Vote in every election, including your local school board races. The theocrats have been winning down-ballot for years because we weren’t paying attention. Time to change that.
🧠 Stay informed, speak out, and support organizations fighting for the separation of church and state. This isn’t just about schools—it’s about whether or not we remain a democracy.
Because once they turn your child’s classroom into a pulpit, the next thing they’ll take is your freedom to say no.
In Solidarity,
Julie Bolejack, MBA
American. Not Evangelical. And definitely not a theocrat.
