One reason for the decline of organized religion as a cultural force in America: the Left called the Church's bluff by getting it to render full honors to abortion extremists who should have been kicked out long ago. It was an early triumph of Alinsky tactics.
Conversely, "cancel culture" is all about the secular excommunication of people who don't strictly adhere to ever-changing left-wing dogma. The Left energetically uses the tactics it successfully deprived most organized religions of.
Churches swallowed the bitter pill of allowing abortion extremists to posture as "good Christians," and it cost them much of their ability to influence American culture. The Left has been building power by excommunicating everyone who disagrees with its holy commandments. /end
