The article is about religious conservatives trying to take power in their denominations. Do you object to that, Kerberos?
It appears what the article objects to isn't so much just that we're taking back our denominations, but the fact that we refuse to live in little ghettos ruled over by the sort of cultural 'elites' (using both terms loosely) typified by john f. kerry and the like. To the extent that what kerberos is seeing is the fact that our social (and political)activism extends outside the limits of the sorts of social ghettos the remnants of European Christianity have been forced to accept - he/she/it/ is entirely correct...what he/she/it needs to get past is the fact, unlike Europe, here in the USA we are a vital and growing force in our society. Oh well, I guess you have to live here to understand it, eh?
"It seems that not only has Kerberos missed the point entirely, so has everyone else, including my elect brothers."
No I did not miss the point that the article is about how fundamentalist are reclaiming power within their churches. And you are correct the discussion quickly got away from that as a topic.
However, as one who has studied the rise of fundamentalism in America for some time now it is a given that the end result is directed towards the acquisition of political power, and the implementation of the America as a Christian nation myth, as a legal reality.
If it were just about redefining their churches as a redefinition of their personal theistic beliefs, this article would have not gotten a second glace from me. After all we do have freedom of religion in this country. For the time being anyway.