The
religious right is not the formidable political force in NZ that it is in the
US, but it’s there lurking in the shadows and occasionally rears its head, such
as when an election is coming up.
We had the Christian Coalition in the 1990s
and, more recently, the Destiny Party. I don’t know about you, but I found the
latter positively scary – theocracies and me don’t get on. I gather they’re now
back as Vision NZ. Not that they would ever gain a majority, but imagine a
party like that holding the balance of power in parliament.
