- It’s a strange shift to see the right accusing the left of failing to respect the church-state division, an accusation usually leveled in the opposite direction.
Logical consistency simply isn't part of the movement anymore, and I think that's due to the Evangelical Cultural Conservatism. There's a lot of thought-stopping going on; painfully obvious contradictions that nonetheless seem to be sincere. And of course they really can't say that they WANT their religion to be in charge of the government, making the laws - but Dominion Theology is a real thing and one of the most important figures in the movement is Ralph Reed.
“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.”
― Barry M. Goldwater
It's exceedingly hard for me to feel sympathetic for people who use their religion as a shield for their awful behavior.
The article brings up the divide between liberal and conservative journalism. There is a case to be made that different outlets have different biases that skew their reader's perception of issues and their contexts. But Breitbart? Really? That's basically RT-level reality-warping propaganda, not journalism.
To answer the article's titular question, "What Can the Right Do After Gay Marriage?", the answer is pretty simple. Focus on economics and policy, not social affairs. Time and time again, history shows that social conservatives fighting to diminish the civil rights of other people ALWAYS LOSE. It happened in 1865, it happened in 1968, and it happened in 2015.