America is not losing its moral values. In fact, America is serious about taking the moral values that were put into deep storage for eight years, and bringing them back out into the light. America is a vast land which is home to over 300 million people, with more arriving every day. There is every kind of natural environment and every kind of lifestyle that people want to have for themselves and their families. There is tolerance for every religion and political belief that does not advocate the overthrow of our government and for personal life that is not a harm or disturbance to others.

But to talk about America in terms of moral values is to talk with an understanding that moral values that appeal to some are repugnant to others. “America’s Heartland” does not exist in the form of rural, isolated areas. America’s heartland extends past the borders of sea to shining sea. America’s heartland is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and on the West Coast. America’s heartland is in the hearts and minds of everyone who calls this place home, whether they are living here or not.

And America’s moral values are fine. The vast majority of Americans have had a perfectly good moral education, and are passing sound moral educations on to their children each and every day. American moral education is generally the most egalitarian, tolerant and service-oriented moral education in the world.

When any disaster happens, anywhere in the world, Americans are among the first to offer help, even for countries that have disrespected us, threatened to destroy us, and declared themselves to be our enemies.

The latest test of American moral values was passed when President Obama was elected. A message was sent that those who commit crimes in our name will be dealt with and not allowed to continue. When immorality had become so incorporated into our government that America was ashamed of itself, it was only a matter of time before true American morality would stand out, and the immoral would be run out of office.

But American moral values are still being tested. Those who would lie, kill, and cheat in order to continue to drive this country further down a deviant and perverted path to political, religious, and moral decline are being fought with more and more will by those who understand what morality truly is about.

American morals are quite fine, and the young men and women who go to work each day, raise their children, and fight our wars are proof of that.