There are a few paragraphs left off of Mr. Fletcher's full article, and the town named in the article has been removed. Is this your town?

we live in a town with a lot of Christians. A lot. So many that we
have a little Christian subculture. Seems like most Christians in our town hang out mainly with the other Christians. They have their kids in Christian schools,or they school them at home. They all go to church, and all their friends are either from church or their Christian organizations. They use the Christian yellow pages to shop and do their business; they listen to Christian radio. And so on...

So they don't know many-- or perhaps any-- non-Christians.
It takes real energy to hate someone you know. It takes very little energy to hate people you don't know personally, people you know only by reputation, rumor, or the way they are quoted in the press.

So we have a lot of... ahhh... well, something like hatred in our town, because we have a lot of people in our town who aren't Christians. Since many of them don't know any Christians, we are easy to hate. Mostly we are known by reputation, rumor, and what is reported in the press. You know... we hate gays. We love guns. We hate Democrats. We vote Republican. We hate poor people. We love rich people. We love the Second Amendment. We hate the First Amendment. We hate teachers. We hate public schools. We love
home-schooling. We hate evolution. We love creationism. We hate abortion. We hate Clinton. We love Reagan.

That's what they read in the press.

I seem to remember Jesus saying something about salt and light. How we, as believers, are supposed to live in the world, but not be of the world. We're supposed to know all the non-Christians, to be in community with them, so that they can see Jesus living through us. So they might say, "Boy, I don't know what those guys have, but I want some of it in my life."

Here's my take on that locally in (insert your town here?). You know how sometimes you'll accidentally spill salt on your food; you know, when the lid comes off, and all of the salt pours out in a pile? That's what my town is like-- spoiled by too much salt. Or like, if the lights are on in the movie theater, you can't see the movie. There's way too much light in my town, and nobody can see the
movie. Too much salt, and too much light... what's up with that?

It's because the rest of the story is missing. The Christians in my town don't live in the world. They live in their own world-- hang out with their own kind. The world is too dangerous a place for them to be in. Here's what a lot of Christians in my town do. They are busy redefining salvation for Jesus. Salvation around here is now defined based on one's opinions about a few key subjects. In order to "really" be saved in my town, you have to have the right opinion about abortion. And homosexuality. And creation. A lot of folks would wonder if you can really be a Democrat and be saved. They consigned poor old Bill Clinton to hell a long time before he was revealed as a
miserable sinner.

So, it's not just the unbelievers in our town who seem to have their affection buttons stuck on "hate". A good-sized chunk of the believers do too. They don't seem to like people who disagree with them very much. There's a real attitude towards gays and Democrats and feminists and educators and gun control nuts and the ACLU and Darwinists and poor homeless people, an attitude that feels a lot
like... well, hatred. You know, wrapped around with anger.

Now there's salt and light for you. Salt as in, say, rubbed into an open wound. Light, as in the bright light of an interrogator, directly into your eyes. So what's the solution? It's not complicated; I think Jesus talked about it. Live in the world, but be not of the world. Instead, the believers in my town live out of the world, yet have the hatred of the world... that is, just like
the world has for us. I think Jesus talked about loving our neighbors. How can we love them-- if we don't even know them? I think Jesus taught us to love them; I don't think He taught us to be right all the time. How can we be "right" if we have no love? Wouldn't we just be resounding gongs and clanging cymbals? If we had the gift of prophecy, and could fathom all mysteries and all knowledge...
and if we had a faith that could move mountains, but no love, what then would we be? We'll get back to that...

A short lesson in theology, while you try to figure out the answer to that one. One, we are saved through faith-- not by opinions. Two, faith without works is dead. What kind of works? Well, if you say you know Him, yet do not do what He commands, then you're a liar. What are His commands? To love God, and to love your neighbor. And just who is your neighbor? Well, there once was a man walking down the road, when he was set upon by thieves who robbed him, beat him up, and left him for dead by the side of the road....

Remember-- it was the believers who walked on by and ignored him.

Nothing. That's the answer to the earlier question, if you were still wondering.