As a Christian, there is no other part of the New Right ideology that concerns me more than its self-serving misuse of religious faith.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The New Right, in many cases, is doing nothing less than placing a heretical claim on Christian faith that distorts, confuses, and destroys the opportunity for a biblical understanding of Jesus Christ and of his gospel for millions of people.
Though claiming to represent a conservative form of Christianity, the Religious Right is politically a form of Protestant liberalism.
There's no doubt that the Christian right has gone to bed with the more conservative elements of the Republican Party. And there's been a melding in their goals when it comes to the separation of church and state. I've always believed in the separation of church and state.
One can't understand the Christian Right and similar movements unless one sees them as reactive - they're reacting to what they call secular humanism.
Leftism seeks to undo most of the values that are distinct to Judeo-Christian religion.
The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion don't mix. This is the stock response of the left.
I'm a total Republican, but I've never claimed to be a Christian-right conservative. They're a large but dwindling part of the Party.
There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy.
Usually, it is not my habit to address religious issues on the floor. I strongly believe in a person's right to religious freedom, as well as the separation of church and state.
The Left has always been anti-religious, and especially anti-Christian.