Like the monarch in Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale, The Emperor's New Clothes, the theocratic ambitions of the organizers of the big Christian Right rally in Baton Rouge last weekend, are more than a little obvious.

In my preview of the event, I noted that it was in some ways a reprise of the giant prayer rally organized by many of the same people for many of the same reasons in Houston in 2011.  

The 2011 event served as the de facto launch of Gov. Rick Perry's ill fated campaign for president, and turned out some 30,000 people. The Baton Rouge event, according to local press accounts, rallied only three or four thousand to the cause. The Baton Rogue prayer rally was as political as the 2011 event. This time, the candidates and the turnout were different.