Do I detect a the taint of bigotry in Ms. Parker's twisted thinking...???
My guess: This is all about abortion...
You may be right about that. If so, the battle within the party (and without) will only get more intensive. This year the Catholic Bishops were drawn into the debate more forcefully than ever. Led by Pope Benedict XVI, they won't be retreating either. IMO, this 'religiosity' that KP is so wrong about, is fundamental to a conservative party or movement. She or others might prefer to call it morals, character or integrity; however, it is based on a belief in God and a people called to live that Judeo-Christian faith out in their lives.
Here's an excerpt from Edward Cardinal Egan (NY) statement to Nancy Pelosi regarding abortion. There is nothing here that requires faith or religiosity to believe. However, it is most powerful with that as it's fundamental underpinning.
We are blessed in the 21st century with crystal-clear photographs and action films of the living realities within their pregnant mothers. No one with the slightest measure of integrity or honor could fail to know what these marvelous beings manifestly, clearly, and obviously are, as they smile and wave into the world outside the womb. In simplest terms, they are human beings with an inalienable right to live, a right that the Speaker of the House of Representatives is bound to defend at all costs for the most basic of ethical reasons. They are not parts of their mothers, and what they are depends not at all upon the opinions of theologians of any faith. Anyone who dares to defend that they may be legitimately killed because another human being “chooses” to do so or for any other equally ridiculous reason should not be providing leadership in a civilized democracy worthy of the name.