Granted I’m not as professional as a doctor, but my job is customer service. I work at a local concert venue. I have worked concerts where 90% of the guests are Obama supporters. One even had a Code Pink table and a Vote Obama speech. While there, I did my job. I was polite to everyone (including the Code Pink man and lady). If anyone mentioned politics I just listened to them and again did my job. I mentioned to a few co-workers and only one guest that I generally go to work to escape from politics. These particular guests were the 10% who weren’t the liberal types. I don’t discuss my political pov at work in any way.
“Code Pink man”
No such thing!
I am a pastor. My job is to talk. I give a 15-20 minute "speech" at least once a week, plus at least an hour or two of classes in which I lead the discussion. Often the subject matter can run close to the line between theology and politics. But I actually am a minister of the gospel, and see that as my calling--unlike Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Jeremiah Wright, and Michael Pfleger. So I do not abuse my "bully pulpit" (literally).
Now, I tell my parishioners, if we are at the cafe, talking over lunch, and I take off my clerical collar, then I may discuss my personal views on political candidates, if that's what you want to talk about. But then I am speaking only as a fellow citizen, not as your pastor.