re: #258 Decatur Deb

There’s a complicator in there—in terms of a hundred years ago, the power (social control) of Christians has declined rather radically. In 1910, much of what today’s RW is struggling to establish was taken as a matter of course. Abortion, homosexuality, blue laws, a strangle-hold on political office were already in place.

Good point. And we could go back even further and compare the early 1900s to earlier periods in our history. But back to the start of the discussion, the original issue in question was measuring the power/influence of fundies and/or Reconstructionists in the U.S. today. Maybe less than the early 1900s, but certainly more than the early 1980s, IMO - to the point where it represents a very real danger. For example, religious fundamentalism is very closely linked to climate change denial. It certainly is closely linked to the anti-science stream of the Republican Party.