C.S. Lewis
Alcohol, tobacco use, gambling, among other things, may still be issues in Backwater, USA, but one point of the article is that evangelicals, in general, are more sophisticated, educated, inclusive, and less legalistic that the fundies of 80 years ago. I've circulated in evangelical circles for 30 years, and I've never seen alcohol or tobacco use, or even gambling, to be much of an issue, because salvation does not turn on whether one does or doesn't engage in these things. Whether the diminishment of these issues is a good thing is up for debate.
But are you aware that there are still thousands and thousands of Christians who hold to what the "fundies" did 80 years ago? Those people who believe in purity of life are still around, and they are patriots.
C.S. Lewis