"It's secularism vs. Religion."
not going to argue with you. some stats: about 50% of all people attend some church and of that 50%, 50% are very involved in their church (independent of religion). that implies that 25% are solid conservatives, 25% are most likely conservatives, leaving 50% not in the pews. a portion are clearly secular humanists -- the other portion may believe in god, but for whatever reason have stopped going to the pews. is this portion ripe for voting conservative -- if we can get the conservative message to them in terms they will understand?
i fully agree with you. the question is how to approach potential believers with the message of conservatism when they are not yet ready for god. or can you?
Liberals fear God and the Christian Right. From this fear comes their desperation.