The Real Origins of the Religious Right: Segregation

My beef with the article, stated way up front, was that he did not make his case and, in fact, even presented his evidence in a way that tilts away from his assertion. I mentioned the other matters as evidence of my own implied assertion that the writer is biased and intent on discrediting, not merely presenting history.

I concede that there are times when an important point is shouted down over incidentals, but this is not one of them. His point was not that segregation was a problem among conservatives (a point with which I agree). He was writing about the rise of the religious right, and he failed to demonstrate that the origin of the religious right was in segregation. He committed logical and factual errors in order to create the impression that he was right and to demonize a group with which he disagrees.