Wednesday, July 20, 2011

What explains the sudden, dramatic increase in the GOP's passion abortion? NO TROLLS OR OPINIONS ON ABORTION?

Since the 1960s when what was called the Jesus freak movement began, this 'movement' whose main thrust is to 'Christianize' America we've been bombarded with religious propaganda concerning 'our' moral values. Propaganda that that at first few took seriously. Mostly they railed against the 'sex, drugs and rock and roll' , alternate religions, the 'ecology' movement and the anti war and women's liberation movements that characterized that era. The late sixties also saw the rise of TV preachers, mega churches and a huge uptick in religious broadcasting...they became a 'voice' that wasn't going to go away. In light of Barry Goldwater's defeat by Lyndon Johnson the GOP took notice of the political landscape and decided to politically back the issues of these churches if....if....the movers and shakers of these churches would get their people out to vote for republican candidates. It worked. At first the newly formed 'Christian right' supported the Vietnam war because it was a war against 'godless communist'. In later years the Christian right demanded that the GOP support a War on Drugs, an anti abortion stance, an anti ERA stance, and an anti gay stance....that goes on to this day. They demanded school vouchers for religious schools and suggested that those who supported environmental law were secretly 'nature worshipers' aligned with the religion of Wicca and witchcraft. By the 1980 the right wing radio broadcasters, a construct of the Reagan administrations ending of the 'Fairness Doctrine' were fully on the side of the religious right adding their voices to the that of the right wing religious broadcasters Today over large parts of this country that's the only talk radio there is. Then there's FOX...another propaganda outlet staffed by an massive number of right wing commentators...all of them 'christian right' friendly. By the 1990's the Christian foot soldiers, formerly privates and corporals had advance in the GOP to being colonels and generals and that's where it stands today. Added to the current mix of course are the teabaggers who are dominated by wealthy industrial figures AND various personalities associated with the Christian Right....Palin and Backmann being the leading figures. The point here is not for the current GOP/Teabag/Fox 'News'/Jesus Freak party to 'fix' the economy, but to put trans national corporations in charge of 'our' country AND Christianize America to better bring about the Second coming of Christ. Who says God and Mammon can't get along?

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