W. Durant said “A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.” Many times I have heard the religious right talk and write about how our morals are declining. I bet it started before Rock and Roll and Elvis Presley but I am not that old. The 1960s, drugs, and protests were given as examples of our decline.

There will always be individual examples of depravity and immorality. As our population grows and the reporting increases we will see and hear more evil things. Unsocial media makes the impression of our total decline worse. We have always put some people on a pillar as a moral example only to pillorise’ them when we found they had feet in the mud. Prime examples are JFK and a host of evangelists. Political people are seldom good examples.

Today we have a President who has never risen to the level of even a poor example. He is proud of the fact that he has lied, cheated, conned, and assaulted women all his life. Every day he bullies his staff, appointees, opponents, allies, and people he doesn’t know just because he can and enjoys it. He has proclaimed his ability to assault women because he is entitled and rich.

How do the moral and religious people of this country support such an immoral person? How do his supporters tell their children to act morally and talk about how great the President is? How can a religious leader tell his flock to support someone who is the antitheses of everything they are supposed to believe? Why did they pass on other nominees who have far better morals and principles?

Would people please answer these questions?