Moral Authority

[Buford]

Here ya go, folks. Remember all the families who had "moral authority" when Bush was the President?

I know you're busy writing to your friends to ask them to skip your birthday present this year and send the cash to Obama, but I just want to interrupt you for a minute to introduce you to 32 parents who probably won't be fundraising for Obama anytime soon.

Read more: Articles: 32 Grieving Parents with Absolute Moral Authority over Obama

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - dis country goin' to Hell inna handbasket...

Gallup: 72% of Americans Think the Country’s Moral Values Are ‘Getting Worse’
24 May,`13 – A large majority of Americans hold a bleak outlook on the state of morality in the United States, as 72% said the nation’s moral values are “getting worse,” and only 20% said that moral values are “getting better,” according to a recent Gallup survey.

The poll specifically showed that Americans who attend church weekly, are married, or are Republican, were the most negative about the country’s moral direction. But even Democrats, people who attend church infrequently, and the unmarried had high negative outlooks about the nation’s moral values.

In the telephone survey of 1,535 adults in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, Gallup asked, “Right now, do you think the state of moral values in the country as a whole is getting better or getting worse?”

72% said “getting worse”; 20% said “getting better; and 6% said things were the same.

When broken down into Demographic groups, “Republicans are far more likely that Democrats and independents to have negative assessments of moral values; still, majorities of all partisan groups have negative views of morals,” reported Gallup. “Also, Americans who are married, those who are upper- and middle-income, and those who attend church regularly tend to have more negative views of moral values in the U.S. than their counterparts.”

In the moral values summary by demographic group, the poll showed the following: