The article is myopic. Religously conservative Blacks remain the most religious. But they trend Democrat.
There is increasing immigration from South Asians, most of whom are not Christian. But many are religious.
Mexican immigrants (legal and illegal) are extremely religious. They cannot be ignored. Their politics can best be understood by watching FOR GREATER GLORY with Andy Garcia and Eva Longoria. Get the DVD.
If Republicans want to grow demographically and get the vote of the religious then understand what Rev Sam Rodriguez says.
Revival is something Christians can validly pray for. That God will prepare souls who are ready to hear and arrange that they will hear now. That is needed, or our politics won’t mean a hill of beans, and whatever flawed example of Christian witness the country was will all slide back into spiritually penurious misery. The opposite of what we used to understand as a “Christmas spirit.” And I guess Mona is getting a point there. If Christians are saying with the way they live that there is nothing special about Christmas, then how will the unsalty salt be made salty again.