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''See also:'' [[Culture war]] and [[American atheism]]

''See also:'' [[Culture war]] and [[American atheism]]

[[File:US map.PNG|thumbnail|200px|left|After the prayer-in-school decision in 1962 and particularly after [[Roe v. Wade|Rowe vs. Wade]] in 1973 desecularization accelerated rapidly and seriously impacted the national political arena in a divisive fashion pitting a secular-liberal [[secular humanism|humanism]] against a conservative moralism, pitting [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]] against “[[intelligent Design]]”.<ref>[https://www.hkw.de/en/programm/projekte/2007/new_york/texte_5/Ostendorf.php The Nation with a soul of a church]</ref> ]]

[[File:US map.PNG|thumbnail|200px|left|After the prayer-in-school decision in 1962 and particularly after [[Roe v. Wade|Rowe vs. Wade]] in 1973 desecularization accelerated rapidly and seriously impacted the national political arena in a divisive fashion pitting a secular-liberal [[secular humanism|humanism]] against a conservative moralism, pitting [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]] against “[[intelligent Design]]”.<ref>[https://www.hkw.de/en/programm/projekte/2007/new_york/texte_5/Ostendorf.php The Nation with a soul of a church]</ref> ]]

In the [[United States]], in the latter part of the 20th century, political victories by the [[secular left]] helped cause a period of increased religiosity among religious conservatives and a corresponding growth of [[evangelicialism|evangelical Christianity]].<ref>[https://www.hkw.de/en/programm/projekte/2007/new_york/texte_5/Ostendorf.php The Nation with a soul of a church]</ref>

In the [[United States]], in the latter part of the 20th century, political victories by the [[secular left]] helped cause a period increased growth of [[evangelicalism|evangelical Christianity]] and its influence in society.<ref>[https://www.hkw.de/en/programm/projekte/2007/new_york/texte_5/Ostendorf.php The Nation with a soul of a church]</ref>

Recently, the secular left has shifted many universities politically to the left and instituted policies such as [[political correctness]] and a greater degree of discrimination in the hiring of conservative professors.  For example, in 2013, an study found that academia was less likely to hire evangelical Christians due to discriminatory attitudes.<ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2013/06/10/suspicions-confirmed-academia-shutting-out-conservative-professors-n1616406/page/full Suspicions Confirmed: Academia Shutting Out Conservative Professors]</ref>  In addition, [[same-sex marriage]] was legalized in the United States in 2015 and some Christian businesses which deal with weddings such as bakers have been fined for refusing service to homosexuals who wanted their services related to weddings. Historically, biblical Christianity has often thrived during periods of increased persecution/discrimination.

Recently, the secular left has shifted many universities politically to the left and instituted policies such as [[political correctness]] and a greater degree of discrimination in the hiring of conservative professors.  For example, in 2013, an study found that academia was less likely to hire evangelical Christians due to discriminatory attitudes.<ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2013/06/10/suspicions-confirmed-academia-shutting-out-conservative-professors-n1616406/page/full Suspicions Confirmed: Academia Shutting Out Conservative Professors]</ref>  In addition, [[same-sex marriage]] was legalized in the United States in 2015 and some Christian businesses which deal with weddings such as bakers have been fined for refusing service to homosexuals who wanted their services related to weddings. Historically, biblical Christianity has often thrived during periods of increased persecution/discrimination.