Michael's punishment

Michael is a good sport.  I would, however, never presume to haul him out to the woodshed, nor would I ever want him to take a seven-day blogging break.  No, his punishment is to sit through an episode of, say, the O'Reilly Factor [Too harsh!  Rick and Michael agree that this would be cruel and unusual.  ed.], while answering the question I raised in my spanking-post:   

Is it really that case that we should -- this side of heaven -- "expect" perfect convergence between Christianity and just social policy?  What would be the content of such expectations in a secular, democratic society?

Like Michael, I want (at least, I think I do) the answer to the "can we expect this convergence" question to be "well, yes!"  But, is that the answer?