Your response is actually the one I believe the author of the article was looking for. By using the 'cult' card, the intention seems to be divide and conquer. The author is painting all Christians to be inflexible and incapable of separating their religious views from their political ones. The Republican party is a lot more accomodating and accepting, and is not a bunch of religious fanatics unlike what the press would have you believe.
I can't. I refer to the process as having principles.