McGrath: So which were the partly right bits?

It's true that the Right is losing control, for instance, over the word "marriage." They want it to mean heterosexual marriage, and society is changing in such a way as eventually to make it include homosexual marriage as well. This feels like a direct attack against biblical morality, which they feel obliged to uphold.

The country has lost a lot of rights since Reagan, for instance the 4th amendment right against unreasonable seizure. McCain has sponsored (or co-sponsored, I think) a bill that would take away the right to trial and habeas corpus. These attacks have come from conservative judges/justices, or Republican legislators (or presidents).