We do have a few religious and political threads on these boards that HAVE BEEN successful. For instance there is a thread that asks if anyone else is a preacher or in the ministry. Many religious people have gone there and posted and talked and things have faired just fine.
Those who don't agree have stayed out, those who do agree have gone in. It's worked out fabulously.
What DOESN'T work out is when people go into general and non-specific threads and start throwing in their religious and political beliefs into the mix to get others, who weren't expecting that and don't believe similarly, upset and starting a flame war.
There have been threads such as "What do you fellow Christians think about carrying a gun and being a believer?"
That has been allowed to go on.
There have also been threads in regards to local, state, and federal law and the politics behind them that govern concealed carry.
Note, there are all RELATED to concealed carry and though they are watched closely to be sure that they do not digress, most of the time I have seen them as nothing but successful in their dialogue and contribution to the forum.
From my understanding (which is admittedly limited and flawed) if it directly relates to carrying a gun, fine, but if it starts to digress into who's religion is superior or who should vote for whom, or whether a fetus is a life, that's when it becomes a problem.
And it ALSO becomes a problem when people use every means possible as a platform to preach their beliefs even if they try by all means to SOMEHOW make it relevant to concealed carry.
I hope you all can see the difference.
