Pat Moynihan in To Save America, by Newt Gingrich

On Principles & Values: 1993 article "Defining Deviancy Down": pattern of decline

The move toward secularism has harmed American society. Look at the problems affecting today's teenagers, compared to the same data for 1963, the year the Supreme Court banned school prayer.

Drug addiction is up.
Teenage pregnancy is up.
Drinking is up.
Violence is up.
Rape in schools is up.
Assaults on teachers are up.
The display of disrespectful attitudes is up.

Did the elimination of school prayer help our schools? No. To the contrary, the decline of morality in school and in society overall has given rise to a destructive pattern that the late Senator Pat Moynihan captured perfectly in his article, "Defining Deviancy Down." Source: To Save America, by Newt Gingrich, p. 32 May 17, 2010

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