The Real Origins of the Religious Right They'll tell you it was abortion.

[Swede]

From 2014 but relevant right now.


The Real Origins of the Religious Right
They’ll tell you it was abortion. Sorry, the historical record’s clear: It was segregation.




https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133/

[marble falls]

1. Abortion was the knee-jerk Ronnie Reagan rode in on.

[underpants]

2. He rode in on racism

First stop after the convention in San Diego, Philadelphia Mississippi and his infamous “I’m from the government and I’m here to help joke”. They knew exactly what he meant.

[Walleye]

3. I agree. School desegregation cause the right to hate the Supreme Court. What is it

They couldn’t come right out and say it. So they picked abortion where they can become righteously morally indignant. I have often thought this. I remember when the hatred for the Supreme Court and Earl Warren started and it wasn’t with abortion

[Claire Oh Nette]

5. They lost on segregation

The gOP could let those single issue voters go, or drum u another wedge issue to keep them riled up.

Roe put an end to back alley abortions, something the under 40 set seems to forget.

[Martin68]

4. Yup!