Good post. Thanks.
***Many will disagree, but I believe that education/learning should become our new religion. If anything is to consume our time on Sunday morning and the rest of the week, it should be instilling in our children the love of learning. Our churches literally govern many of our lives, persuading us to take certain courses of action and convincing us to hold certain beliefs. ***
Better than bashing conservatism and looking for excuses. Articles like these are running regularly now. I've posted a lot of them at the LINK in Post #1.