Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional, spiritual, or moral needs. Government is neither a mother nor a father. Great as it may be, government has never raised a child and it never will. This does not absolve government of its responsibilities. Even so, we need to remember that families, churches, schools, and individuals are the primary agents in the development of a people's moral disposition.
Government is an auxiliary.
The state does not, cannot, and should not always pick up where families and individuals leave off. In the end, regeneration comes from within us and not within the walls of justice. What ultimately matters in the culture wars is what all of us do in our daily lives. Not the big statements that we broadcast to the world at large, but the small messages we send through our families, our neighborhoods and our communities. The future will depend not so much on the movers and shakers within the centrifuge of power, but on the hopes and aspirations that we ourselves generate in our own communities, schools, churches and families.