Believe it or not, there are folks who think the above situation is exactly how things ought to be in a perfect America. The American Criminal's Lobby Union, a.k.a. In the ongoing debate about what caused two 17 year olds to become mass murderers, you will hear nary a word from the ACLU about a lack of values. And once you get to acknowledging things like intrinsic right and wrong, liberalism totally falls apart. Liberalism and the ACLU worldview depend entirely on there being no such thing as immutable truths.
Modern liberals sneer at all of the above.
They can't say so out loud and still win elections, so they lie. I am not one who thinks that having prayer in school, posting the 10 commandments or teaching the essentials of our Judeo-Christian Ethic is going to instantly correct the situation. It took us years of wallowing in liberal swill to arrive at this sad state. It will take much time to drain the cesspool that liberalism and the ACLU have made of modern American culture. But it will never happen if we don't start, and a good place to start is making sure the contradictions and stupidity of the liberal philosophy are highlighted in public debate.