"My point in starting the thread is not merely that Christians fall short of their aspirations . No .... this is worse . Because this particular U.S . Senator , an avowed conservative Christian , has actively worked to restrict the rights of others to marry , supposedly in the name of `` protecting `` or `` defending `` marriage , while at the same time undermining his own marriage . He makes a pretense , for political gain I suspect , of `` defending marriage `` by playing to people 's anti-gay prejudices while himself undermining marriage in his real life . That 's hypocrisy , and it 's dishonesty ."
"Prove your assertion that he has called himself a conservative Christian rather than a conservative Republican OP . Support your clai if you can or stop trying to lump everyone on the right together ."
"an avowed conservative Christian , has actively worked to restrict the rights of others to marry ,"
"Prove your assertion that he has called himself a conservative Christian rather than a conservative Republican"