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**autolubitelone** · 01-24-2006, 02:21 AM

While those in the South did switch to the Republican Party during the sixties, there was a lot going on at the time. It was a time when morals were starting to erode as evidenced by the sex and drugs that we didn't see much of in the 50's. It was a time of peaceniks spitting on soldiers and calling them babykillers. Massive war protests were underway. There were race riots and those protesting intergration. Prayer in school was challenged. Then came the early 70's with Roe v. Wade which the Southern Democrats that were left hated.
One doesn't have to be a Christian nor religious to have morals and there are plenty of people like that in the Republican party. Many are the so-called Dixiecrats now turned Republican and they did so because they didn't like the things that were happening to America. They respected soldiers, they didn't believe in "free love" and drugs, they had no problem with prayer even if they didn't believe, etc. Now, if you want to attribute those morals to Christians only, then what does that say about the party that Dixiecrats left?

Since I personally know many "protesters" who not only respected soldiers (myself included) but were soldiers I can only say your perception of those years does not come close to mine. Drugs, of course, are a nonpartisan scourge and obviously you need to include alcohol (which even republicans and dixiecrats have alwayus liked) in that assessment.
Except for those two misrepresentations it sounds like you agree with me that the bible belt turned republican over race and abortion. You are correct though that I did not include government sponsored christianity in the equation. That is because at the time of the migration, the republican party did not stand for that. As I indicated in my previous post, that is a more recent development which, after years of bait and switch, has finally been delivered on by w.

01-24-2006, 02:21 AM	#18
autolubitelone Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 491 Senior Member	While those in the South did switch to the Republican Party during the sixties, there was a lot going on at the time. It was a time when morals were starting to erode as evidenced by the sex and drugs that we didn't see much of in the 50's. It was a time of peaceniks spitting on soldiers and calling them babykillers. Massive war protests were underway. There were race riots and those protesting intergration. Prayer in school was challenged. Then came the early 70's with Roe v. Wade which the Southern Democrats that were left hated. One doesn't have to be a Christian nor religious to have morals and there are plenty of people like that in the Republican party. Many are the so-called Dixiecrats now turned Republican and they did so because they didn't like the things that were happening to America. They respected soldiers, they didn't believe in "free love" and drugs, they had no problem with prayer even if they didn't believe, etc. Now, if you want to attribute those morals to Christians only, then what does that say about the party that Dixiecrats left? Since I personally know many "protesters" who not only respected soldiers (myself included) but were soldiers I can only say your perception of those years does not come close to mine. Drugs, of course, are a nonpartisan scourge and obviously you need to include alcohol (which even republicans and dixiecrats have alwayus liked) in that assessment. Except for those two misrepresentations it sounds like you agree with me that the bible belt turned republican over race and abortion. You are correct though that I did not include government sponsored christianity in the equation. That is because at the time of the migration, the republican party did not stand for that. As I indicated in my previous post, that is a more recent development which, after years of bait and switch, has finally been delivered on by w.
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