More to moral issues than right and left

Congratulations to Andrew Faiz on pointing out the imbalanced agenda of those he terms "the Christian Right." Indeed, Jesus' concern extends far beyond sexual issues into the realms of justice, equality and integrity. It is interesting, however, to read Faiz alongside Michael Coren's article calling for a less poisonous debate between the "left" and "right" in the media. Faiz gives a lovely example of the writing Coren describes as typical of the secular Left, albeit from a Christian. He interprets R. Schenck's reasonable statement on Evangelical values as "anti-abortion, …anti-homosexual, …anti- ecumenical and anti-multifaith world." Most of the article comes out as an angry critique of a caricature of the worst of the Christian Right, obscuring a good point made which I referred to above.
Coren points out that many, if not most, evangelicals don't fit Faiz's mould of bigoted anti- right wing conservatives. Here in Nepal, we the church are caring for AIDS victims, leprosy victims, the disabled and are advocating for those without a voice, yet most would probably come out sounding very "right-wing" if sounded out on moral issues. We are getting our hands dirty not with newspaper ink but with the dirt and pus from the suffering, sometimes at considerable risk due to the war here.
A more positive, balanced perspective such as that proposed by Coren will get us a lot farther than simply trying to vilify each other. Moral issues often aren't black or white. Likewise we aren't actually all "right" or "left," and trying to make us so makes constructive, mutually building dialogue more difficult.