text: One would think that Adventists who are liberal in the classical sense (I include myself in that category) rather than progressively liberal would appreciate the importance of keeping church and state separate. But when your political beliefs take on the characteristics of religious values, and you start using the Bible to support those values, the distinction is pretty tough to see and maintain. 
  
  This dangerous proclivity is conservative in the sense that political powers tend to stamp out religion as a source of legitimate authority and/or invoke religious symbols to reinforce their values. Those who seek radical transformation sound quite liberal until they have succeeded. Then they become quite repressive and conservative when the roots and fruits of what they have planted are threatened. 
  
  Does anyone think for a second that, if liberals were in charge of the G.C. non-ordination of women would be an policy option anywhere in the world church? Not a chance!