Rod Dreher: My Church is better than your church

Substantively that is the point of this essay, though in fairness he isn't obnoxious about it. Owen the Ochlophobist didn't like it, which I suspect for some will come as a recommendation. For my part I thought it was OK but am not wild about the emphasis on "conservative" that he applies. It left the impression (possibly I am misreading it) that he means cultural conservatives in the neo-con context which I have no use for. The extent of the Church's involvement with politics should be anointing the monarch (long accepted as a sacrament) and reprimanding the monarch if they are behaving badly or abusing their power. Once you get past that I become very leery when those whose job is to guide us on the path to theosis start getting wrapped up in the affairs of the world. Are there exceptions? Yes. Abortion is an absolute moral evil and the Church has a right and duty to say as much. But such exceptions are few and far between. In general the Church should stay clear of politics.