which, come on, is more than a little perverted.
this woman has an interesting take on this issue:
http://www.truth-out.org/its-sex-stupid/1328651002
In the space of 15 years, the Supreme Court ruled that laws against birth control, pornography, and abortion were unconstitutional. At the same time, the women's and gay rights movements revolutionized popular culture, the family, and the workplace. Almost half the states repealed their anti-sodomy laws.
First these activists - surprisingly, mostly women - went after the Equal Rights Amendment and they killed it. Then they organized to stop the government from funding child care. And they succeeded. Then they ran a referendum to take civil rights away from gays. And they won again.
The author is talking about the 1970s - and, again, she notes that the leaders at that time - the ones who fought against progress - were women. The govt had traditionally been involved in colluding with the church to oppress women - then the govt said - oh wait, that's not right.
Women were attacking other women who had a different view of how to live in the world.
Using religion as their excuse.
The author also has this IMPORTANT bit to add -
Democrats blame their base and then they have a hard time getting the base to vote. That's exactly what happened in 2010. Democrats fell into the trap set for them by the Tea Party. They got scared; they shut up about their progressive values and they ran to the Right - and 40 million people who voted in 2008 stayed home and the Tea Party swept into power.
Besides that, the analysis is just flat out factually wrong. Democrats win for being culturally progressive.
I think we've seen proof that the Democratic base is worth supporting in these last few days. Just because a small group is noisy - that doesn't mean they speak for most voters.
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