To be fair, the peak of the religious right's influence was 2004, I think you're arguing against factors that don't exist on the same scale anymore. Factors that certainly do not have the same impact on electoral politics. But you're in Kentucky so it obviously affects you, but everyone doesn't live in the bible belt. If you're from the East Coast you know that presbyterians and people of that sort tend to vote blue, as do catholics, so from that perspective we're looking at you guys as if you're fighting battles that aren't that significant on a daily basis and I think that's where some of these guys are coming from. Religion isn't the problem, I grew up in a completely liberal church so everyone's experiences are different. Radically religious people are the problem. That's an issue you guys in appalachia and the south need to figure out, and that'll change soon too with people moving into Florida and Texas from the North.
But I guess a lot of you guys don't get to talk about this issues on a daily basis so I don't fault you. But as someone who is christian with a bunch of agnostic and some atheist friends (a large percentage of my friends might be agnostic now that I think about it), this all just seems like overkill. Our religious discussions are few and never get like this. I didn't realize it was that rare in our generation.
No it doesn't.