People rarely want the church to run the government- they usually want THEIR church to run the government. The “religious right” probably wouldn’t consider it a win if the US government announced itself as a theocracy tomorrow, but based itself on the church of Satan or the Jedi order.
Of course the main reason no church is intended to “lead the government” is precisely that- so that no citizen has to wake up to find their religion suddenly marginalized or worse through legal action.
Such concepts are often lost on the “freedom fighters” of society who want less to have freedom and more to create a cultural monolith centered on their values and biases.
As a democratic nation if the voters vote their religion, those views will be expressed in government. Of course, try telling a group of Christians the word of their own book- that a Christian leads by example and not by force, and you will see who among them is lost and who truly follows their religion.
Of course the main reason no church is intended to “lead the government” is precisely that- so that no citizen has to wake up to find their religion suddenly marginalized or worse through legal action.
Such concepts are often lost on the “freedom fighters” of society who want less to have freedom and more to create a cultural monolith centered on their values and biases.
As a democratic nation if the voters vote their religion, those views will be expressed in government. Of course, try telling a group of Christians the word of their own book- that a Christian leads by example and not by force, and you will see who among them is lost and who truly follows their religion.