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===Responses===  

===Responses===  

Reactions to moral decline in America have been varied. The [[liberal media]] and places of "higher" education (such as [[Harvard University]]) overall treated the 60's sexual revolution as a beneficial change, and a victory for its liberal ethos. Rock stars sang of and exampled - by their lives many by their death - immorality. Legitimate improvements in society were invoked as a means to justify the liberal movement as a whole. As regards Christian faith, [[John Lennon]], who later (1971) would promote his godless fantasy with the song ''Imagine'', remarked in 1966 that the [[Beatles]] were more popular than Jesus Christ. In 1965 and 1966 Time magazine reported on the a growing sense that "God was dead",<ref>Time, Theology, Friday, Oct. 22, 1965</ref><ref>Time, Religion,  Apr. 8, 1966</ref> - though it would shortly be reporting on the notable [[Jesus Movement]]<ref>Time, Religion: ''The New Rebel Cry: Jesus Is Coming!'', Monday, Jun. 21, 1971</ref><ref>http://voiceofrevolution.askdrbrown.org/2008/10/25/time-magazine-the-jesus-revolution</ref> Attempts to impugn the authority of the [[Bible]] continued to increase, with more recent efforts seeking to impose more specious liberal interpretations of it.<ref>[http://www.robgagnon.net/NewsweekMillerHomosexResp.htm''More than “Mutual Joy”: Lisa Miller of Newsweek against Scripture and Jesus''Dec. 10, 2008] [[Robert Gagnon]]</ref> The term "[[Secular-progressives|progressives]]" began to be more often used to describe liberals, while their own form of historical [[revisionism]] was increasingly seen.  

Reactions to moral decline in America have been varied. The [[liberal media]] and places of "higher" education (such as [[Harvard University]]) overall treated the 60's sexual revolution as a beneficial change, and a victory for its liberal ethos. Rock stars sang of and exampled - by their lives many by their death - the immorality of the 60's. Legitimate improvements in society were invoked as a means to justify the liberal movement as a whole. As regards faith in God, [[John Lennon]], who later (1971) would promote his godless fantasy with the song ''Imagine'', remarked in 1966 that the [[Beatles]] were more popular than Jesus Christ. In 1965 and 1966 Time magazine reported on the a growing sense that "God was dead",<ref>Time, Theology, Friday, Oct. 22, 1965</ref><ref>Time, Religion,  Apr. 8, 1966</ref> - though 5 years later it would be reporting on the notable [[Jesus Movement]]<ref>Time, Religion: ''The New Rebel Cry: Jesus Is Coming!'', Monday, Jun. 21, 1971</ref><ref>http://voiceofrevolution.askdrbrown.org/2008/10/25/time-magazine-the-jesus-revolution</ref> Attempts to impugn the authority of the [[Bible]] continued to increase, with more recent efforts seeking to impose more specious liberal interpretations of it.<ref>[http://www.robgagnon.net/NewsweekMillerHomosexResp.htm''More than “Mutual Joy”: Lisa Miller of Newsweek against Scripture and Jesus''Dec. 10, 2008] [[Robert Gagnon]]</ref> The term "[[Secular-progressives|progressives]]" began to be more often used to describe liberals, while their own form of historical [[revisionism]] was increasingly seen.  

Among strong conservatives, the most consistent voices of opposition have been Evangelical "preachers of righteousness", exhorting repentance toward God and faith toward Jesus Christ. Moral separation from worldly living was enjoined, and some confronted social problems more directly, such as in actively opposing slavery in America, and evils such as drunkenness. Beginning in the late 1800's and continuing, Christian groups such as the [[Salvation Army]] became more evident, ministering to many of those who directly or indirectly suffered due to immorality.<ref>Gwendolyn Mink, Alice O'Connor, ''Poverty in the United States: an encyclopedia of history, politics ...,'', Volume 2, pp. 645-648</ref>  Around the turn of the 20th century and up until he died, revivalist [[Billy Sunday]] (1862-1935) preached both salvation, as well as against the evil's of drink, etc.  Also during the early 1900's, [[Fundamentalists]] began to become a distinct movement, combating liberal Christianity and its resultant moral laxity. Later, parachurch  ministries, such as [[Focus in the Family]], and [[Jerry Falwell]]'s [[Moral Majority]] arose, seeking to strengthen Christians and oppose an increasingly perverted, persuasive, and pervasive hedonistic culture.  

Among strong conservatives, the most consistent voices of opposition have been Evangelical "preachers of righteousness", exhorting repentance toward God and faith toward Jesus Christ. Moral separation from worldly living was enjoined, and some confronted social problems more directly, such as in actively opposing slavery in America, and evils such as drunkenness. Beginning in the late 1800's and continuing, Christian groups such as the [[Salvation Army]] became more evident, ministering to many of those who directly or indirectly suffered due to immorality.<ref>Gwendolyn Mink, Alice O'Connor, ''Poverty in the United States: an encyclopedia of history, politics ...,'', Volume 2, pp. 645-648</ref>  Around the turn of the 20th century and up until he died, revivalist [[Billy Sunday]] (1862-1935) preached both salvation, as well as against the evil's of drink, etc.  Also during the early 1900's, [[Fundamentalists]] began to become a distinct movement, combating liberal Christianity and its resultant moral laxity. Later, parachurch  ministries, such as [[Focus in the Family]], and [[Jerry Falwell]]'s [[Moral Majority]] arose, seeking to strengthen Christians and oppose an increasingly perverted, persuasive, and pervasive hedonistic culture.  

Conservatives sought to made good use of broadcast means, with conservative talk shows gaining in popularity. With the rise of the [[Internet]], conservative sites such as the [[Free Republic]] enabled large numbers to interact against liberalism, which also acquired their Internet venues. In response to the liberal slant of the Internet encyclopedia [[Wikipedia]], online conservative encyclopedias such as [[Conservapedia]] were created and grew.       

Conservatives sought to make good use of broadcast means, with conservative talk shows gaining in popularity. With the rise of the [[Internet]], conservative sites such as the [[Free Republic]] enabled large numbers to interact against liberalism, which also acquired their Internet venues. In response to the liberal slant of the Internet encyclopedia [[Wikipedia]], online conservative encyclopedias such as [[Conservapedia]] were created and grew.       

Liberalism in general reacted to opposition with renewed efforts to promote practices such as pre-marital sex and abortion, and later, homosexuality, while often portraying themselves as victims of repression. The [[Fairness Doctrine]], once used for a period of time before to curtail conservatism, was threatened to be brought back. Addressing those who cried against "imposition of morality" by Christian conservatives who sought to preserve or restore traditional values, Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Daniel Lapin argued,  

Liberalism in general reacted to opposition with renewed efforts to promote practices such as pre-marital sex and abortion, and later, homosexuality, while often portraying themselves as victims of repression. The [[Fairness Doctrine]], once used for a period of time before to curtail conservatism, was threatened to be brought back. Addressing those who cried against "imposition of morality" by Christian conservatives who sought to preserve or restore traditional values, Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Daniel Lapin argued,  

Another rare dissenting voice among a mainly liberal group, was moderately conservative [[Democrat]]  [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], who wrote ''Defining Deviancy Down'' (1993). Moynihan argued that, due to the "moral deregulation" of the 1960s,  

Another rare dissenting voice among a mainly liberal group, was moderately conservative [[Democrat]]  [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], who wrote ''Defining Deviancy Down'' (1993). Moynihan argued that, due to the "moral deregulation" of the 1960s,  

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the amount of deviant behavior in American society has increased beyond the levels the community can "afford to recognize" and that, accordingly, we have been re-defining deviancy so as to exempt much conduct previously stigmatized, and also quietly raising the "normal" level in categories where behavior is now abnormal by any earlier standard. This redefining has evoked fierce resistance from defenders of "old" standards, and accounts for much of the present "cultural war" such as proclaimed by many at the 1992 Republican National Convention.

the amount of deviant behavior in American society has increased beyond the levels the community can "afford to recognize" and that, accordingly, we have been re-defining deviancy so as to exempt much conduct previously stigmatized, and also quietly raising the "normal" level in categories where behavior is now abnormal by any earlier standard. This redefining has evoked fierce resistance from defenders of "old" standards, and accounts for much of the present "cultural war" such as proclaimed by many at the 1992 Republican National Convention.

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A minority of other also offered objective intellect analysis.  In ''The new left and the cultural revolution of the 1960's: a reevaluation'' Lewis H. Gann, Peter Duignan, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace) observed (in part),

A minority of other voices also offered objective intellect analysis.  In ''The new left and the cultural revolution of the 1960's: a reevaluation'' Lewis H. Gann, Peter Duignan, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace) observed (in part),

{{cquote|The youth culture of the period made a profound impression on the United States, Western Europe, and Japan. The youth culture also had strong echoes in what was then the communist world. Youthful revolutionaries, mostly middle class and college educated (a minority within the youthful age cohorts as a whole), meant to build a new utopia. The youth culture gained strength at a time when massive cohorts of baby boomers seemed to overwhelm the campuses. The cultural revolution failed in the short term. No Western government was ever in the slightest danger of being overthrown. Most student revolutionaries were reabsorbed by the "system" that they had professed to hate...Yet overall, the cultural revolution did far more harm than good by glamourizing drugs, by denigrating traditional values, by defaming "formal democracy" both in the United States and elsewhere...But a number of important movements were spawned by the New Left: ethnic studies, multiculturalism, relativism and political correctness, radical feminism, and gay and liberated youth. Of these, "political correctness" was most destructive of American institutions and values. The New Left's disastrous legacy was a crusading determination to reduce the humanities to a "politically correct" agenda, to smash the shackles of traditional sexual morality, to liberate youth from their elders, and to entrench entitlements and affirmative action into the American way of life.<ref>http://www.hooverpress.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=1227</ref>}}

{{cquote|The youth culture of the period made a profound impression on the United States, Western Europe, and Japan. The youth culture also had strong echoes in what was then the communist world. Youthful revolutionaries, mostly middle class and college educated (a minority within the youthful age cohorts as a whole), meant to build a new utopia. The youth culture gained strength at a time when massive cohorts of baby boomers seemed to overwhelm the campuses. The cultural revolution failed in the short term. No Western government was ever in the slightest danger of being overthrown. Most student revolutionaries were reabsorbed by the "system" that they had professed to hate...Yet overall, the cultural revolution did far more harm than good by glamourizing drugs, by denigrating traditional values, by defaming "formal democracy" both in the United States and elsewhere...But a number of important movements were spawned by the New Left: ethnic studies, multiculturalism, relativism and political correctness, radical feminism, and gay and liberated youth. Of these, "political correctness" was most destructive of American institutions and values. The New Left's disastrous legacy was a crusading determination to reduce the humanities to a "politically correct" agenda, to smash the shackles of traditional sexual morality, to liberate youth from their elders, and to entrench entitlements and affirmative action into the American way of life.<ref>http://www.hooverpress.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=1227</ref>}}