In an opinion piece for CNN, Stephanie Coontz, author and teacher of history and family studies at a Washington state college, declared that Christian conservatives need to face the facts that in this new political atmosphere, they are no longer the moral majority.

"They had better adjust to a new reality," Coontz writes. She then offers her perspective on the way it has been up until now:

For the past three decades, socially conservative evangelicals and pro-business interests have been powerfully allied against government regulations, environmental initiatives and social welfare programs, while supporting lower taxes for the wealthy and pushing back against the growing diversity in America's population.

Coontz believes this alliance between conservative Christians and pro-business entities has been "puzzling" for other Christians whom she says place "more emphasis on Jesus Christ's message of unconditional love and on his denunciations of excessive wealth and neglect of the poor."

But beyond that group is what Coontz labels "media-savvy millennials" -- those who are all about calling out the perceived discrimination against the LGBT community from businesses or the various religious freedom bills they claim are currently wreaking havoc. In addition, Coontz says that tolerance for the diversity of race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation is now the moral standard for political and business models in America, replacing the apparent intolerance of yesteryear's moral majority.

Coontz ends with a warning to business leaders and politicians to not ignore or offend these new constituencies or face the consequences.