If the Republicans feel they should distance themselves from the "religious right," I need to go shopping for a party I can support. BTW, does religious right mean someone who believes in God and the ten commandments, tries hard to maintain high morals and teach them to the children, works hard, is law abiding and wishes to be a good neighbor? Because that's what religiouis right people do that I know. It's a shame Republicans find that threatening.
Republicans DON'T find that threatening. A few liberals who call themselves Republicans (plus the nutty radical evolutionists) do. However, the vast majority of voting republicans embrace the same values as the dreaded "Religious Right," a.k.a, people who believe as you stated. It is the leftwing press that promotes these gadflys to try and tear apart the very successful Republican coalition. Don't let them do it.