You wrote:
“Our theology drives our every aspect of our lives.”
Not according to Mr Rogers here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2418596/posts
I doubt Gamecock will be surprised to find vlad has it wrong again.
““Our theology drives our every aspect of our lives.”” applies to individuals. OUR individual beliefs about who God is and what He wants drives OUR lives.
States and governments are comprised largely of non-Christians. They are in rebellion against God, and they oppose those who cling to God.
Again: “13These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. 14For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one.” - Heb 11
We are foreigners. We don’t belong to the world. We are not of it. And why? Because our theology - our beliefs about God - drive our lives, and it does so contrary to the prevailing wind.
The government will never be our friend. At best it will have sufficiently limited power that it cannot effectively oppose us - but that is always a temporary situation. Government is not our friend. Governments have no souls, and do not believe in God, nor are they redeemed by God.