Ronald Reagan’s 1980 address to the Religious Roundtable’s National Affairs Briefing in Dallas, Texas, was a huge event. It was seen on the Right as a good thing and on the Left as a horrifying thing. Reagan told the gathering of religious leaders, “I know you can’t endorse me, but I endorse you.” The country had been through so much smashing of traditional values and ripping Christianity out of the popular culture. It was one reason why Catholics and Evangelicals flocked to Ronald Reagan. Bible reading had been ripped out of schools. Roe v. Wade and abortion on demand had become the law of the land. Year after year, it was one shock after another to the country’s morals and virtues. So, millions of Catholics and Evangelical Christians in the Midwest abandoned traditional party loyalties and voted for Ronald Reagan in 1980.