moral decline is so pernicious that scant few escape its clutches
The moment GOD is taken out of the picture, there is little point in talking about moral ASCENT or DECLINE.
It all becomes a personal preference.
The Democrats have voted to exclude acknowledging GOD in their platform.
Of course, when this was realized to be disastrous politically, they voted rapidly switched back to acknowledge God ( but it still isn’t sure whether most Democrats want this ).
SEE HERE:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/democrats-rapidly-revise-platform-include-god/story?id=17164108