Indeed.
The Damascus “Town Meeting Scene” in Lawrence of Arabia comes to mind.
A True Constitutional Republic can only work with strong intellectual underpinnings that have their roots in the Judeo-Christian Ethic.
Even those of our founding Fathers who were not very “religious” recognized that fact.
When we try to export our freedoms without taking this into consideration, it is a recipe for disaster.
Several times, over the last couple of years.
This is the scene to which I was referring.