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SheilaT

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14. Race, not abortion.

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 10:56 PM

Oct 2014

Roe v. Wade happened in 1973, and there simply wasn't organized opposition to legal abortion for a decade or more.

But Lyndon Johnson was almost right when he said that passing the Civil Rights Act (1964) would lose the South to the Democratic party for a generation. Alas, he underestimated how long the South would cling to its racist ways.

Those of you who live in the South and are not racists don't need to chime in. We know you're there, but unfortunately there are not enough of you.

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It Wasn�t Abortion That Formed the Religious Right. It Was Support for Segregation. [View all] KamaAina Oct 2014 OP

True shenmue Oct 2014 #1

Not true--at least not of Catholics Wella Oct 2014 #11

Catholics play a tiny role, if any, in the religious right KamaAina Oct 2014 #15

Catholics play a large role in the pro-life movement Wella Nov 2014 #16

It would be so much easier for the religious right to just adapt their thinking to the present Dont call me Shirley Oct 2014 #2

True, but soon, abortion will be all they have. MH1 Oct 2014 #3

AMEN!!! nt kelliekat44 Oct 2014 #4

It was also southern Baptists trying to get their bible instruction Warpy Oct 2014 #5

It was this set of books gollygee Oct 2014 #6

k&r. Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Oct 2014 #7

Amen. DeSwiss Oct 2014 #8

mark to read tomorrow rurallib Oct 2014 #9

But the segregationists total disregard for women and their rights Bortman33 Oct 2014 #10

The whole reason most Southern whites left the Democratic Party LuvNewcastle Oct 2014 #12

A lot of clergy supported Roe loyalsister Oct 2014 #13

Race, not abortion. SheilaT Oct 2014 #14

heck, the Baptists had a wholesale coup MisterP Nov 2014 #17

and on August 3, 1980 in Philadelphia, MS Rancid Ronnie officially brought Youdontwantthetruth Nov 2014 #18

K and R greatlaurel Nov 2014 #19

Yup, see here: JaneyVee Nov 2014 #20