and, the term "religious left" is an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms. 

the fundamental purpose of the left is to undo religion; you can't synthesize these ideas, they're too contradictory. the only valid synthesis is jeffersonian separation.

so, don't fall for that.

and, listen to them carefully and tell me how left-wing that people that use that term sound to you; the answer should be "not very".