During the 2000 campaign, Buchanan touted America's Christian foundation and his disapproval towards the destruction of that foundation. From NYTimes:
Mr. Buchanan listed several ways in which he said the ''elites'' were dismantling America, and chief among them was the effort to remove Christianity as the moral foundation of the country. ''Woodrow Wilson said America was born a Christian nation,'' he said, ''but if you say that today, you are guilty of intolerance to others and you will be shouted down in the American capital. Now who de-Christianized America? In my judgment the principal culprit is the United States Supreme Court.'' He also listed the growing acceptance of homosexuality as a key element in the country's decline, citing particularly the legalization of gay civil unions in Vermont. He even reprised his famous line from the 1992 Republican National Convention that there remains a religious war for the country's soul, adding a postscript that eight years of President Bill Clinton convinced him he understated his case. He said he left the Republican party because he was tired of the poll-tested pabulum of the country's two-party politics. ''We may not succeed, but I believe we need a new fighting conservative traditionalist party in America,'' he said. ''I believe, and I hope, that one day we can take America back. That is why we are building this Gideon's army, and heading for Armageddon, to do battle for the Lord.''