[MEGoody]

Conservatism, OTOH, is rooted in the concept of using violence to enforce what they perceive to be God's will. That's my opinion.

So you aren't a conservative, or are you admitting to using violence?

[Protagoras]

So you aren't a conservative, or are you admitting to using violence?

I believe in individual liberty and personal responsibility on all issues, everywhere and always.

That is what conservatism should be. Not a movement that enlists government force to achieve political goals.

[Ciexyz]

As a member of a PCUSA congregation, I can affirm that the church has used "alternative phrasing" in worship for a long time. These phrases usually appear in the Statement of Faith, which changes weekly, that we stand to read in unison in the middle of the service. One example of such change in terminology is referring to God as "the God of Abraham and Sarah" instead of the traditional "God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob".

Another example of gender-exclusive terminology: "as a mother who cradles her suckling child, as a father who runs to welcome the prodigal home, so do you, Lord, embrace us...."

Granted, the "mother-son-and womb" is extreme!