Barry from KY wrote: I'm not trying to be confrontational, however, must one be an active member of the republican party to be a conservative or a Christian?
I think you need to turn your question round Barry.
Communism, Socialism and Liberalism are all anti-Christian. Todays Democrats appear to be deliberately Liberal and Socialist as Obama seems to demonstrate.
Whereas Christian and Republican (Conservative) seem to be more synonymous in terms of their relation, thinking and their direction for society.