This 'division' of people needs to END - especially at the church.. And I am thinking about the church I've gone to since age 5......the minister (from NY) tends to preach to the liberal side... I called him on it.. Long story short - he said (and I quote) "maybe you need to find a different church"..
Eff him. I don't go any more...
Sounds like you ended up with Happy Camper on the pulpit.
Jesus says some not nice things will happen to the ones that push his children away.