What I find saddening is the degree of division that exists in America today.
IMO, the problems start when people mix religion with politics. That's damaging to both. (And indeed, it's the same problem that's destroying the Middle East.)
Many Christians apparently feel they have to support a Christian cultural war on the political field now, by supporting extreme positions on abortion, gay rights and so on. And their opponents, naturally, identify the Christian religion with this political extremism and react accordingly, throwing out the baby with the bathwater.
What about moderate Christians who are anti-abortion and anti-homosexuality, but still feel it's not the government's business to legislate these morals? What about moderate Christians who see that taking care for the poor, via universal healthcare or social spending, is at least as "Christian" as opposing abortion -- or that tax cuts to make the rich even richer are just as anti-Christian as homosexual marriage *may* be?
Jesus was neither conservative nor liberal. He said "give Caesar what's Caesar's, but give Got what's God's".
I wouldn't trust politicians who intrumentalize the well-meaning faith of the people just to win votes. Corruption already begins here. IMO.
