Years ago studying contemporary gospel messages we had to read Liberation Theology. The language is seductive in arguing that Jesus would stand with the poor against the rich of Latin America. The theology itself is based on the Gospels. But, implicit in the theology is a political agenda that encourages the poor to try and overcome the privilege of the rich. The flaw in the theology was not the application of the Gospels but in making the Gospels political. Is it not the same if we try and establish a conservative theology merely for political leverage?
Absolutely, which is why I have disengaged myself from the right wing of the party. I think we lose much in our witness when we claim to know without a doubt that God would be a right wing Republican on social, moral and economic issues. And face it: without saying so in so many words, the right wing proclaims that loud and clear.