It is true that the religion is not in itself conservative or liberal, which is my point. I have no issue with people choosing to be conservative Christians, note how I don't go after Van's Christianity. He is free to interpret scripture as he will even though it may befuddle me.
But there are numerous issues where it appears to this liberal Christian that conservatives co-opt the religion. A great example is the debate on gay rights where many proudly proclaim that it is the right/duty of Christians to stand up against homosexuality. No, it is not. It may be the right/duty of some specific forms of Christianity but not all of us accept that.
Now I will make fun of some people who view themselves as leaders of Christianity. My youngest, far and away the most spiritual in my family, worked for a Christian bookstore. She was aghast at how many items sold have Joel Osteen's face, that he is selling himself and not Christ. That I completely accept and because Mr Osteen is so much a public figure so no reason not to call him out specifically.
But for the majority of conservatives I may not agree with your interpretation but I don't have a direct line to God so I accept it is entirely your right to have it. But this Christian does not believe there is a war on Christmas, or a war on Christians, or that being gay is somehow some sin far greater than any other sin, or accept our response at the border. I try to couch anything I believe with "I believe" and not "Christians believe" not even "Methodists believe".
And I do suspect if a group of conservative Christians were arrested trying to block an Obama law enforcement operation we would be hearing the words, "war on Christians". I don't believe this action by ICE was anything close to that. I admire the people that took that step of surrounding the ICE vehicle, but they should have been arrested and they were. Being Christian is not a get out of jail free card. The US government put a lot of pressure on Turkey to release a Christian pastor. I'm glad it worked, but for me, I'm not sure a Christian pastor deserved special treatment.
This NASA scientist is still held in Turkey. For me, all humans regardless of faith should be accorded basic human rights. I don't get why so much more effort was expended on the pastor. I'm not arguing for less, but one was a major expenditure of political capital and the other has been completely ignored.
So I guess I am saying among other things, I don't believe we should expect more from this country be cause we are Christian. But it seems some do. And those some seem to be more conservative.