"'Family values' once defined the GOP, informing its embrace of the pro-life platform (protecting unborn children) and its resistance to marriage equality (the union between a husband and wife was sacrosanct). Conservative lawyers led the campaign to censor rap lyrics, and evangelicals condemned extramarital affairs—conservative foot soldiers, for a time, marched under the banner of protecting children and preserving the institution of the family.
"But in the Trump era, it is clear these values no longer define the movement."
Alex Wagner at The Atlantic argues that the "migrant crisis signals an official end to one chapter of conservatism and the beginning of a terrifying new one."
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