"White House Orders Orthodox to Include 'Filioque' in Creed"

Hee hee.  (HT:  First Things.) 

In this paper, "A 'Hands Off' Approach to Religious Doctrine:  What Are We Talking About?", I opened (intended to be goofily funny):

Step back for a moment, seventeen centuries or so. As fans of the Da Vinci Code are (in a way) aware, in the year 325, the Arian Controversy was raging. The Emperor Constantine, a convert to Christianity, was troubled by the strife among Christians and—perhaps more acutely—by the civil unrest that in many places accompanied their theological disagreements.  Accordingly, he asked Christian bishops from around the world to gather for an ecumenical council, in present-day Turkey, to restore both religious concord and civil peace. 

Today, Constantine’s move no doubt seems to most people a perfect example of that which the political authority cannot do and, indeed, should have no interest in doing. . . .

Maybe I spoke too soon!