text: "There is no one explanation, but you can't answer why without looking at the rise of Christian conservatives...Christian activism for many has come to mean conservative activism, working against gay marriage, abortion access and the legalization of marijuana — and young people may be turned off by such positions," Cox said.
  
  Young people MAY be turned off? Try ARE turned off - bigly! And therein lies the answer to the dwindling attendance among young people at churches all across the board. That "smaller, purer church" that Pope Benedict referred to is already happening. He must be so pleased.