Mon Jul 24, 2023 – 10:44 am EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — While there have been plenty of positive developments in the culture wars—especially a wave of legislation across the United States banning “sex changes” for children and restricting abortion—I’m always wary of claims that we are “winning” in any way. The culture itself has certainly been lost, and when I read a recent list of “wins”—against the transgender industry, Drag Queen Story Hour, etc.—I couldn’t help but notice that every single one of these victories were regarding issues that weren’t even on our radar a decade ago.
The victories that the social conservative movement achieves are actually an indication of just how bad things have gotten and how far the goalposts have been moved as a result.
That said, there have been some interesting trend lines lately—trend lines that have gotten LGBT activists groups very, very worried. For example, Gallup recently released a set of polls indicating that in 2023, 38% of Americans reported that they are “very conservative” or “conservative” on social issues specifically, which is up from 33% in 2022 and 30% in 2021, an 8-point jump in only two years. This corresponds to
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