"Ditch the country music cliche: God’s not our first influence"

[Dawson Leery]

http://cathylynngrossman.religionnews.com/2015/03/19/ditch-country-music-cliche-gods-not-first-influence/

"When you talk about yourself, what markers of personal identity come first?

If it’s not “God, family and country” in that order, well, there go your credentials for Nashville stardom.

The real order is family first (62 percent) followed by “being an American” (52 percent). “Religious faith” falls steeply to third place (38 percent) – if it’s mentioned at all, according to a survey released Thursday (March 19) by The Barna Group."


https://www.barna.org/barna-update/culture/712-what-most-influences-the-self-identity-of-americans#.VQxep46Zbb4

[msongs]

1. it's a family values crowd. people with no family have no value nt