[iowamark]

The West has always been the least churched area, partly because secularists flee there, but also partly because there are fewer churches in operation there.

On the other hand, the secularization of New England is something very new.

[hellbender]

On the other hand, the secularization of New England is something very new.

I don't think so. Way back in the early 19th century, it was already the birthplace of post-Christian "churches" like the Unitarian Universalists, bizarre cults like Mormonism, and pantheistic philosophies like Transcendentalism.

[Zionist Conspirator]

On the other hand, the secularization of New England is something very new.

This is something that needs to be stressed, as there are those conservatives who insist that New England Puritanism is "responsible" for modern secular liberalism.

Even with all the Unitarians, Transcendentalists, and so on, New England was once very devout--and very Republican.