What Goes Wrong?

Individual freedom defined as removing every limit on my choices became the preeminent Western value. When church and state separated, a new hidden religion of self-expression began to emerge. Because it wasn't a formal religion, but instead simply an unspoken article of faith, it became impossible to have an equal debate between religious beliefs. The word family does not appear in the US Constitution; our foundational laws are entirely founded on the sovereignty of the individual. To raise questions on this point, or refuse to affirm a person's identity is even becoming illegal in a growing number of places.