MaryAnn Diorio, an 80-year-old former university professor with a doctorate, traces America’s moral unraveling to a single turning point: the moment the nation “removed God from our schools.” In a fiery op-ed for American Thinker, the granddaughter of Italian immigrants claims the country welcomed a “Trojan horse” of secularism that has led to “deception, division, and death.”
The America She Remembers
Diorio recalls a childhood where her public school teacher kept a Bible on her desk, led daily prayers, and had students pledge allegiance to the flag—a practice she says reflected the founders’ understanding that “without God, civilizations fell.” She contrasts this with the 1960s, when “free sex” and rebellion against authority took hold, prayer was banned in schools, and abortion became legal. “The foolish thought this was progress,” she writes. “The wise knew that this was death to America.”
The University as a Battleground
As a professor, Diorio says she witnessed liberal colleagues smear conservatives who upheld biblical values, with “ad hominem attacks replac[ing] the civil discourse once indicative of honest, intellectual debate.” She blames “liberalism, socialism, and Marxism” for this shift, arguing that universities became incubators for a “distorted version of the truth” that masqueraded as compassion.
A Warning to Younger Generations
Addressing younger readers directly, Diorio insists America’s survival depends on returning to God: “Unless America makes God her Lord again, she will remain cursed and eventually die.” She critiques both mainstream churches for “truth without love” and “woke” churches for “love without truth,” urging repentance for these compromises.
The piece ends with an altar-call urgency: “This may be your last call, friend,” Diorio writes, quoting scripture about Christ’s return. “The lie will enslave you, but the truth will set you free.”
Source: www.americanthinker.com — https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/11/america-has-welcomed-the-trojan-horse/