Check out these columns for recent examples of Phillips' various foibles:
http://newsbusters.org/node/3601
http://newsbusters.org/node/3268
http://newsbusters.org/node/3154
http://newsbusters.org/node/3908
I had no idea so many people didn't like him. I don't think someone has to agree with me 100 percent of the time for me to like them. That would be impossible. I find him enjoyable and have never thought of him as a liberal, though perhaps he is. Of course, I like seeing any blacks become successful because they can be great role models and young blacks can use all the good role models they can get these days.
If I was you, I'd lay off the religion thing and just reflect on his self-absorbed jerkiness. That can be universal across the religious spectrum.