Christian fundamentalists have been poorly served by the people they've embraced

"A society that has run wild with no accountability . . ." That's what Mr. Tasker fears if the secular progressives have their way ("Values, beliefs and public schools are being threatened by a new menace," T.O. Acorn letters, June 28).

I hate to be the one to tell you this, Geoff, but we already have a totalitarian authority that's stepped in to keep control of our society, a government run wild with no accountability.

The problem is they aren't adhering to your "Judeo-Christian ethics;" they have only fooled you and way too many others into believing they are.

Your letter speaks of the foundation of this country. Isn't our Constitution our foundation? The Constitution which attempted to put in place a set of checks and balances to prevent any branch from having too much power. The Constitution the current administration now tramples upon in the name of executive privilege.

You also fear the secular progressive movement's ability to demoralize our children and persuade them to turn away from the values that their parents teach them. WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?) was a popular catch phrase among fundamentalists a few years ago. Being a Christian, I've read the Bible, and the one thing that Jesus was the most clear about was love.

It seems to me many of the people who call themselves Christian these days preach and teach hate.

I try to teach my children to pray, to use the brain God gave them, to think and reason for themselves and not to depend on some morally bankrupt men who snuck into the White House to make their decisions for them.

You and your fellow "traditionalists" can let your moral values be dictated to you by a wolf in sheep's clothing, but the rest of us really do need to wake up, become engaged and knowledgeable about what's really tearing this country apart and put an end to this insanity.

Oh, and by the way, one of the few things we seem to agree on is Ms. Didio probably shouldn't have asked that question of 10- and 11-year-olds. Sherry Jensen Thousand Oaks