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The article, while clearly from a liberal perspective that does not value America's Judeo-Christian heritage of limited constitutional government, does have an important point.

The Republican winning coalition since the late 1960s was based on convincing people to leave the Democratic Party on the grounds that it had been taken over by a radical secularist element that did not represent the majority of Americans.

I am seriously concerned that two generations of liberal school and college indoctrination, as well as radically immoral entertainment, **HAS** fundamentally changed what was once the American majority position on basic morality, let alone for an appreciation of the role of constitutional government limited by a written document.

Sit down and listen to young people under 30 — not just the college crazies, but average people whose morality has been framed by or at least affected by everything from Lady Gaga to soap operas. I'm sitting right now listening to the dominant radio station in a quite conservative Ozarks community, and virtually every song is glorifying promiscuity, rebellion, and various forms of immorality. Do we think that has no effect on our people?

Even conservative Republican young people are moving toward an amoral libertarianism. The rise of Ron Paul would have been inconceivable a generation ago, but he's managed to plug into a developing group of voters that (fortunately) he's too old to be able to ride very long.

Many of our social conservative fights are not just against liberals but against fellow conservatives. This article points out that American whites are becoming much less religious, and minority voters, while they may be conservative religiously, are voting Democrat.

Something must be done to change that, and must be done quickly.