[angkor]

<<<<What are some of the “Religionist ideas” that are destroying the GOP? <<<<<<

For starters, the insistence that the GOP and conservatism are functions and derivatives of the Bible and Protestant Christianity.

Conversely, that one must be an avowed Protestant Christian (even an Evangelical Christian!) to be a conservative or a supporter of Republicans.

These ideas cannot be swallowed by, and are repellent to, large numbers of otherwise conservative Americans.

So in addition to the job of supporting the GOP platform, Republicans must also carry the weight of a religion.

That’s twice the political burden of the Rats, who must only support the single political program of Socialism Lite.

[Zechariah11]

Conversely, that one must be an avowed Protestant Christian (even an Evangelical Christian!) to be a conservative or a supporter of Republicans.

This is the first time I've EVER read this even suggested by anyone. What tripe!

[Bishop_Malachi]

For starters, the insistence that the GOP and conservatism are functions and derivatives of the Bible and Protestant Christianity. Conversely, that one must be an avowed Protestant Christian (even an Evangelical Christian!) to be a conservative or a supporter of Republicans.

What part of the country are you from? I live in Georgia. I'm a Roman Catholic in a sea of Protestants and yet I know no one who ascribes to any of the beliefs that you cited. Are you sure that this is reality or merely a biased assumption? I certainly think that evangelicals find a home amongst the conservative movement. But that seems due to a natural overlapping of principles. It also stems from the utter contempt that secular liberals hold for them. While I'm not an evangelical myself, I resent this article from Parker. There is no appeal to the common ground of principles shared by us all. It is arrogant, presumptuous, steretypical, and just plain erroneous.