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Why is has the US not "followed through" with secularisation after the hippie movement?

Well this is (once again) from the viewpoint from one from Europe, specifically the Netherlands.

During the 50s and 60s we had a very strict religious "pillars" in society, where one only interacts with their own pillar and follow the religious views to the letter.

Now in the late 60/early 70s due to influence from the US the hippie movement also bursted here. One of the big effects were breaking of said "pillars" where different people actually started going to the same shops etc.

Now this "movement" actually continued to this day, and we can still see the effect in a constant reduction of people going to the church or considering themselves religious: this is hence a direct consequence of the hippie movement.

Now considering the hippie movement was way stronger in the US, with some amazing protests and speeches, I wonder: how come the US in modern day is still so religious. And actually getting more religious nowadays.

Where did the people of said movement stay, and what happened with the change in morals introduced during the 60s?