John Danforth, Former Republican Senator....

In his Op-ed piece Titled "Onward, Moderate Christian Soldiers", he rasies some very valid points. One paragraph I was especially struck by was this one:

In the decade since I left the Senate, American politics has been characterized by two phenomena: the increased activism of the Christian right, especially in the Republican Party, and the collapse of bipartisan collegiality. I do not think it is a stretch to suggest a relationship between the two. To assert that I am on God's side and you are not, that I know God's will and you do not, and that I will use the power of government to advance my understanding of God's kingdom is certain to produce hostility.

I think he nailed it.....