Advice needed... am i on the right track?

I DO have to add there is a concern, mostly on his part, that we may not get along in the long term because of our political differences ( i am liberal and he is conservative) and our religious differences ( he is strictly devout and believes in the Bible verbatum, and i am more spiritual and am not comfortable with organized religion. I DO go to his church though, and although it is mainly to support him, i do enjoy it)

Hey there.. got out of a long term relationship about 8 months ago ... started dating this new guy 3 months agoand things SEEM to be going well. I am very fearful, though, about making a mistake, reading him wrong, wasting my time.. yadda yadda... all the same things i suppose a lot of us go through. The last serious one was going great though, too, but the break up was out of the blue, unexpected, sudden, and such a clean cut ( he texted and emailed me the break up.. never saw him or talked again after a 6 yr relationship) that frankly i was devastated, and now am terribly gun shy.
This new one i feel like is a very good catch... we are both professionals and he (and i think I too) has really got his act together.We have a lot of fun together... spend almost every night we are not together on the phone, on average talking for 2 hours. He has taken me to his church, met my family and i have met his ( he took me to his family first), and we have a lot of hobbies in common. He has taken me to his work.We are also intimate. He is very affectionate, in private and ( appropriately so) in public. He is respecful and kind. He has also made comments to me that made me certain he considered me a potential long term partner, such as how we could financially tackle our debt together ( my student loans, his business loan), and how it might be to live together.
I am very careful, though, to let him know that i do not want to push him. I make sure to correct my family and friend when they call him my "boyfriend". I am, however, not dating anyone else ( i dont feel comfortable doing that, especially after passing the intimacy threshold). I do NOT expect a huge commitment from him,at least not at this stage, but recently expressed that if he wanted to date other people, that i felt like i would probably be wasting my time after getting this far and would probably end it. He did not seem wigged out, but told me ( as i expected) that he was not ready for an exclusive relationship, and that if i dated other people he would understand. I do have to add that i do NOT get the sense that he is dating anyone else right now.. frankly i don't know how he would have the time.
I DO have to add there is a concern, mostly on his part, that we may not get along in the long term because of our political differences ( i am liberal and he is conservative) and our religious differences ( he is strictly devout and believes in the Bible verbatum, and i am more spiritual and am not comfortable with organized religion. I DO go to his church though, and although it is mainly to support him, i do enjoy it)
I feel like we have a very good connection, and really like this person, and think he likes me. We BOTH got out of long term relationships that harmed us emotionally, though, so don't I want to seem pushy or make a mistake with him. I find myself worrying about rejection an awful lot, and find it difficult to " relax and just have fun" like some other friends have told me. At least i do this internally,,, when we are together i am not a mess. I DO understand it is too early in the relationship to expect any thing.
SO i am wondering, am i on the right track with continuing to date this guy? Is there anything that you have read here that may be a red flag? Am i just driving myself nuts because i am fearful, and just need to give this more time? When SHOULD i expect is to be exclusive? I know that most time the GUY usually makes that decision, and i know it is probably too early for us now, but how long until i say enough is enough?

Thank you for bearing with my long explanation.. i just want to be clear.
M

Okay, first I'll give you my standard "You slept with this guy too early" thing. You also slept with a guy that has stated that he is not interested in being exclusive with you and you have absolutely no commitment to each other.

Youre a little contradictory in that you say you dont want a *huge* commitment yet you think that if he wants to date others you are wasting your time. You also suggest that you want him to see you as a "long term partner" Either he has a commitment to you or he doesnt. He doesnt.

When men make comments that look into the future with you together I would ignore those. They mean nothing.

Your political views are almost irrelevant at this point. I dont think that even figures in as a part of the problem. Even if they are it is the least of it. Okay, mayyyybe if he is supposedly "conservative" in his views he's seeing you overall as someone that he wouldn't ever commit to.

Either way, the problem is that you handed yourself over to someone with no commitment and no interest in exclusivity with you. That's never good.