Polygamy in the Bible

[OP_Carl]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Op Carl, you make some very good points and ask some provocative questions.

I once had a sociology professor open a discussion on politics, culture, women, and the right to vote. He asked how the political landscape would look and what American culture would be like if women were never granted the right to vote. Even the liberals in the discussion (who were slightly taken aback at the notion) admitted that many, if not most, of the "social issues" (that worry conservatives) facing America today would be non-existant or seriously deminished. For example, where would the Pro-Choice movement be...if women didn't vote?

Yikes you did NOT just open that enormous can of worms!

I have seen the analysis of the various elections/issues that show the influence of women voters as a bloc, but I must say that most of our present troubles originated with FDR and LBJ. The civil rights voting act of 1964 rescinded the bill of rights and the republic, and replaced them with group identity and and democracy, both of which we were warned against by the founders. The "Great Society" war on poverty demolished the progress and upward mobility that had just begun in the lower income classes and minority groups. Fathers were replaced by the nanny state, and incentive to acheive was immensely hampered. Many of the things that I, as a conservative, take issue with would not be if we had continued governance as a representative republic during the past 45 years, instead of mob rule (aka the tyranny of the majority). A great thinker observed that democracies only last until the people realize that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. We're approaching vertical on that particular infernal slippery slope!