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“The court – if it tries to impose this on the nation – will not solve it,” he told listeners at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday. “In fact, I believe it would move us into one of the most tumultuous cultural times we have ever seen.”

The GOP Congressman spoke at CPAC for a panel on religious liberty. The discussion, titled “Religious Freedom in America: Would the Pilgrims Still Be Welcome Here?” addressed tensions in U.S. public life between the secular and the spiritual.

“I think if we lose our religious liberty, we lose our country,” Neugebauer said. “This is a gradual erosion that has been going on for a number of years. If you lose the foundation, the house crumbles.”

Neugebauer cited removing prayer from public schools and government funding of contraception as evidence that religious liberty is endangered.

He brought up the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision to legalize abortion in Roe v. Wade as a historical precedent.

“We don’t have to look back far in history to see how that works out when the court imposes a one size fits all,” Neugebauer said of the landmark case. “We go back to 1973 when the court said, ‘We’re going to solve this issue of abortion.’ Forty-two years later, abortion is an issue in every election.”

Joining Neugebauer on the panel were Dana Loesch, host of Dana Loesch Radio, and Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council. All three speakers agreed that religious apathy threatened liberty for people of all faiths.

“I don’t think people realize how pervasive the attack on religious liberty is in this country,” Neugebauer said. “The progressive left tries to marginalize our faith as they know it is a threat to them.”

The Republican is one of 29 GOP lawmakers who supported a proposed resolution banning same-sex marriage earlier this month. On Saturday, he urged Christians to take a similar stand for their beliefs.

“We want free ability to express our faith as Christians not just one hour on Sunday but the rest of our week as well,” Neugebauer said. “It’s freedom of religion, not from religion. It says render unto Caesar, not surrender unto Caesar.”