catzmeow
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Give it another 20 years, and they'll be as ineffectual in American politics as they are at controlling morality in the U.S.
Michael Kazin: The End Of The Christian Right | The New Republic
Key points...
Last gasps of a dying subculture...
Michael Kazin: The End Of The Christian Right | The New Republic
Key points...
the Christian Right is fighting a losing battle with the rest of the countryabove all, when it comes to abortion and same-sex marriage, the issues they care most about. A strong majority of Americans backs abortion in the early months of a pregnancy.
Meanwhile, support for gay rights is rising, quite swiftly. Same-sex marriage tops fifty percent in some recent polls, and the remarkably placid response to New Yorks recent legalization of the practice will make it easier for other states to follow suit. With over two-thirds of Americans now endorsing the end of Dont Ask, Dont Tell, the debate on that once controversial issue is now a matter for historians to analyze.
Put simply, the Christian Right is getting old. According to the largest and most recent study we have of American religion and politics, by Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell, almost twice as many people 18 to 29 confess to no faith at all as adhere to evangelical Protestantism. Young people who have attended college, a growing percentage of the population, are more secular still.
Last gasps of a dying subculture...