The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion don't mix. This is the stock response of the left.
Religion and politics are supposed to be separate.
When religion and politics ride in the same cart, the whirlwind follows.
Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
Politics And Religion Are Obsolete, The Time Has Come For Science And Spirituality
In the contexts of religion and politics, words are not regarded as standing, rather inadequately, for things and events; on the contrary things and events are regarded as particular illustrations of words.
Those who believe that politics and religion do not mix, understand neither.
Those who believe religion and politics aren't connected don't understand either.