In Cuba, Campbell is free to speak against her own country. She can speak against it in America, where she could, if she wished, criticize Cuba. But she could never speak against Cuba in Cuba, and neither can any Cuban. The NCC's behavior ought to be a warning to religious righties. You might end up with an anemic and powerless faith if you increasingly align yourself with secular politics.
Faith always loses in such an alliance.
The goals of the world become the goals of the church. The church's primary message of redemption from God, not the Democratic or Republican parties, is inevitably subordinated to an ideology and a lesser kingdom that, Scripture assures us and history proves, is passing away.