To Hypocrite, or not to hypocrite

I have heard secularists say that we believers ought not bring those convictions that come from our faith into the political sphere. That those convictions ought to remain in the religious sphere (i.e. we can have our opinions at church, but should not be allowed to vote on those issues or act on them when they are matters of the state).

My response was that they are asking us to compartmentalize our beliefs. They are asking us to only act as believers on Sunday.

But any believer who has ever discussed his faith with a non-believer has heard the charge that the church is full of hypocrites.

So it seems inconsistent to me when they say that we ought to only live out our faith on Sundays, but then charge us with hypocrisy when we don't live as believers the rest of the week.

Perhaps it would help clear up the issue for them if I ask them to only act married when they are at home and not act married when they are out in public. Of course that would be absurd. Any committed and reasonable spouse would expect their spouse to behave as a married man or woman at all times. Not only that, but we as a civil society expect those who are married to behave in a manner consistent with their marriage vows at all times. Society looks down on those who don't do this, which is why adultery, infidelity, and spousal abuse are not applauded as tolerable behavior.

But I would say that society also looks down on those believers that don't act like true believers during the week. This is why they are charged with hypocrisy.

The admonition to leave our religious convictions out of the public square does not make much sense coming from the very people that would say that if we follow that admonition we would be guilty of hypocrisy.