FRANCISCO S. TATAD
My last piece drew some objections from a friend for suggesting that a Christian nation should have a Christian government. The word Christian, he said, cannot possibly be used to describe “government” because it is not a human being. A word or two seems in order. He is absolutely right if by Christian government I meant a theocratic or clerical regime. But I didn’t. I was merely referring to a sound Christian moral order as the necessary foundation of a democratic government. If we are a Christian nation and a democracy at the same time, then we should be governed by men and women who adhere to the truths of Christ, rather than men and women who do not. That seems logical and fair enough.