Progressives really do not know the history of abolitionism or why it was necessary for the Slave Power to construct religious defenses of slavery. Next, they'll tell you MLK never quoted Scripture.https://twitter.com/tomscocca/status/1433270369247449089 …
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Except for the fact that anti-slavery impulses were driven by factors well beyond just religious impulse. Namely that it contravened the basic principles of rights encoded in the bill of rights and constitution or violated the coda “all men are created equal”…
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Whereas the anti abortion movement is driven almost entirely by the Christianist right. That abortion wasn’t even a thing evangelicals talked about at all until the 70s when it made its political turn in response to school integration. But you know the same thing.
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