Never Forget The Racist Roots Of The ‘Religious Right’
It took a court granting rights to black folks to spark a firestorm on the religious right.
Via Liberaland:
‘s Amanda Marcotte wants to set you straight if you believe that the movement to strip women of reproductive choice was the impetus behind the rise of the “religious right”:
The modern religious right formed, practically overnight, as a rapid response to the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade.
Or, at least, that’s how the story goes.
The reality, Randall Balmer, a Dartmouth professor writing for Politico Magazine, says, is actually a little less savory to 21st century Americans: The religious right, who liked to call themselves the “moral maj...