It's a very well written article by a catholic priest !
I was attacked relentlessly !
I read the article in 1998 and I posted it in aug 2001 !
All this time since on a conservative site I have been attacked by liberals - atheists !
Why ?
Not that there's any excuse for rudeness, but not all conservatives are Christians, and not all atheists are liberals.
There are many conservatives who ARE Christians, but there are also conservatives who are Jewish, Muslim, and non-believers. Some of these are social conservatives; some are more libertarian socially but are conservative because they believe in a limited role of government and lower taxes.
One problem with some of the people on this site (and I'm not necessarily saying that you're one of them) is they think people must believe exactly as they do, or the others are "not worthy" or not "true conservatives".
One hallmark of conservatives is that we do think for ourselves; much as some liberals hate it, most of us are not "mind-numbed robots".
In your imagination, apparently, as anyone who reads that thread can see for themselves.