Is the Tea Party movement taking religion out of conservative politics?

The rise of the Tea Party movement raises an interesting question about the place of religious faith in our political debate. For a long time, the Christian right has been in the driver's seat in advancing conservatism. But the Tea Party is more Ayn Rand than the Bible. As one writer recently put it, the Christian side has taken a backseat to the movement's libertarian impulses. Slater offers analysis: http://dallasne.ws/a34ibc