[slowhandluke]

And when President Hillary Clinton orders evangelical Christian churches outlawed under the guise of "enforcing sedition laws they way they were meant to be enforced," I take it you'd be just peachy-keen with that, especially when Janet Reno calls in the tanks.

And exactly when did the Branch Davidians call for the forcible overthrow of the government? This is a red-herring argument.

If the laws had been enforced as intended, Waco would never have made national news.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

"And exactly when did the Branch Davidians call for the forcible overthrow of the government?"

It doesn't matter; when you give the government ANY power, it will be abused to some degree, generally proportionate to the amount of power. That is why conservatives oppose granting large amounts of power to the government. Giving the government the power to outlaw an entire religion is giving the government a lot of power--so, one can expect that it will be abused on a truly massive scale.

"If the laws had been enforced as intended, Waco would never have made national news."

In other words, if everything was perfect, and nobody had a speck of evil in their hearts, Waco would never have made national news.

Bad news for you: nothing is perfect and who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? (Well, besides God and The Shadow, of course.)