The main thing these authors got wrong was the timing: it took far longer than they imagined. However, on almost all other fronts, their strategies were implemented and the wildly successful annual season of Pride is one of their many accomplishments.

The poll notes that only 72% of Democrats, 62% of liberals and 68% of young people believe in God.

"Belief in God is highest among political conservatives (94%) and Republicans (92%), reflecting that religiosity is a major determinant of political divisions in the U.S., it adds.

Looking at belief in God region-wise, the poll found that the South has the highest number with 86%, but it is down from 93% in 2017. The region with the lowest number is the East, with 78%.

For anyone not completely hoodwinked by the erotic obsessions of our day, taking pride in one's sexual identity--indeed, even considering sexual desire to be an identity--would seem at best pitiful and at worst a deep perversion of what it means to be human. Yet, here we are. And we should not underestimate the power of what it signifies.

Furthermore, the elites demand that the entire society must join in the exercise in mass delusion and celebrate Thomas' wins as a great civilizational achievement. The perfectly named professor Cheryl Cooky of Purdue University, who teaches "American studies and women's, gender, and sexuality studies," declared that Thomas must be "embraced in the history of progress that sports represent and recognized as the trailblazer that she is."