text: Well, we are often stuck with the options of the two parties.  I think you attribute a lot to the "Republicans" that does not really apply.  I am also guilty of attributing nearly every enti-freedom action to the Democrats; of course this is where most of those actions come from.  The constant effort to increase government authority and control over individuals seems to always be on the Left, other than religious issues such as abortion.  Still the Left only opposes the religious issues that are promoted by so-called "Christians". They rarely seem to oppose the actions of the most authoritarian religions.  I say this as someone with close relatives in the Middle East.