Is there a more stubborn faith-based dogma, more opposed to the scientific record, than the doctrine that the involvement of religious conservatives in the Republican Party is disastrous to its efforts to build a majority? From the “revolution” of 1994, when what Dan Rather called “the people calling themselves the Christian Coalition” were credited (or blamed) with driving up GOP turnout, the Republicans have been able to sustain (and recently grow) a majority. Using the actual record of elections, it would be much more plausible to assert that the Democratic Party’s attachment to the If It Feels Good, Do It lobby and the Defining Marriage Down groups has been more harmful.