As faith and family are eroded, so too are the underpinnings of a free society.
Contrary to your views, and the views of many of my libertarian friends, "liberty" does not mean "license". We live in a county not founded on absolute freedom to do whatever you want, but rather, on a system based on the concept of ordered liberties.
As we move away from a government and society based on ordered liberties toward one of anarchy and no self-restraint, we will experience the effects of that erosion skyrocketing illegitimacy rates, poverty, rampant drug abuse, disease (STDs and otherwise), crime and violence, greed and selfishness. It simply becomes a society based on might making right because man is no longer retrained by any sense of moral obligation.
I don't care about the Today Show and refuse to give them so much credit as to assume their shift is presentation will have national ramifications.
I do agree with your sentiment though.