I have also noticed the same thing. A couple of years ago our pastor had a young lad from a local Catholic high school give a talk on sweat shops in third world countries. This poor soul went on and on about making sure that we should know where are clothes are made, who is making them etc. I just wanted to stand up and shout that yes sweat shops are not necessarily good, but what about the sancity of life and the killing of the innocents right here in our own country? This young mans energies could have been much better served championing causes against the culture of death then parading on about how we should all check labels of clothes we buy at Walmart!
Needless to say, our pastor seemed pretty embarassed about the whole speech.
At least your pastor was embarrassed!
Mine would have been gushing all over him for his "sensitivity and awareness" or some such garbage.