Outside of political skewing of Scripture I've seen a massive amount of bending the Bible into weird positions over my life. The tale tell sign is when your angle is novel. As if for 2000+ years no one understood it quite right.

There's quite a bit of trust that is required in the "interpreter" there. When your interpretation just conveniently fits a VERY popular political position or culturally popular stance its just a bit too much for me. The Bible, contrary to what many think cuts hard at everyone who comes to it with a honest approach. When you bring your own moral standard to it and force it upon it you aren't really really submitting to God.

An honest reading will convict a Republican, a Democrat, a Socialist, a Libertarian, and and Anarchist. The way of Jesus is hard and contrary to what most of us want. Many of the arguments that come from left wing Christians are fair. Many from the right are as well. We can learn from each other. But seldom is that the goal and intent. It is usually to appear better than the other. To put the other in their place. To win and use power to get their way. To use the state as a sort of ring of power.

If we have power, we will use it for good. Tolkien's lesson for man is so good and applies so well to the state/war/power. Its a seductive thing, power. It plays on our pride. The original sin of Lucifer. The original sin of Adam.