Much is make of the so called influence of the RELIGIOUS RIGHT in American politics, but consider:
IS THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT...REALLY THE "RELIGIOUS WHITE?"
Many WHITE MARRIED FOLKS feel greatly threatened by the liberal agenda of equal rights for women, blacks and gays......And when that is coupled with the economic fallout of free trade and globalism....IT'S NO WONDER WHITE FOLKS ARE WORRIED.
BASICALLY, THE AGENDA IN WASHINGTON FOR BOTH PARTIES HAS IGNORED THE WHITE MARRIED CROWD FOR DECADES....
WIVES ENTERED THE WORKFORCE BY NECESSITY. FERTILITY RATES FOR WHITE MARRIEDS DECLINED BECAUSE OF THIS.....
GAYS PROVIDED AN "ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE" TO THE OZZIE AND HARRIET MODEL OF THE 1950's AND MANY WHITE MARRIEDS FOUND THIS THREATENING....
PROBABLY BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT WAS AN ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE TO MARRIED WITH CHILDREN IN THE SUBURBS SEEMED "EXCITING."
AND, AFTER ALL, WASN'T "MARRIED WITH CHILDREN IN THE SUBURBS" THE WAY IT WAS----"SUPPOSED TO BE?"
Curiously, the Republicans were the first to exploit the anxieties of the RELIGIOUS WHITE.....but for the most part Republicans have exploited the "moral issues," not the very real economic ones.....
NOW MANY "RELIGIOUS WHITE" ARE VOTING TO EXPORT JOBS, REDUCE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE, AND STARVE THE BEAST IN WASHINGTON BY TAX GIVEAWAYS TO THE RICHEST OF THE AMERICAN ELITES, EVEN WHILE THE MILITARY INDUSTIRAL COMPLEX PROFITS BY ANOTHER "UNWINNABLE WAR".....ALL SADDLY DONE IN THE NAME OF JESUS...
YOU REALLY HAVE TO FEEL SORRY FOR "THE RELIGIOUS WHITE."
