There was an intense conversation in January 2006 at Collinsville Baptist in Sunday School during the pastor's annual emphasis on the Francis Schaeffer version of Life issues. I may be more explicit later, but the reverberations from a church of average attendance of 80 souls is large. One product of earlier sessions of the Sunday School is Casey Mattox, UVA grad, now on staff of Reagan operative Alan Sears and Bush 43 Judicial nominee Charles Pickering of the Alliance Defending Freedom. Pickering was on the SBC Peace Committee and also former prez of Mississippi SBC.
So this link should be of interest to all
http://www.npr.org/2014/08/09/338909919 ... t-abortion A few days ago I had a conversation with Randall Balmer about the abortion politics segments in his recent book on President Carter. Balmer quotes Carter aide Robert Maddox as saying in 79 with SBC politics and the religious right, the Carter campaign felt like it was "blindsided by a ginned up cabal" from the right to lifers'
Interestingly enough President Ford in 76 said in the N.C. primary where Jesse Helms delivered the state to Ronald Reagan, his campaign felt "blindsided by right wing nuts". See the Packer review of Perlstein's new book on the ascendancy of Reagan for that quote.
Helms and the SBC takeover artists worked hand in hand.
And so it came down to the Collinsville Baptist Sunday School class in 2006.
I have linked Christine Stansell's piece on how the right "perfected" the abortion strategy over the years, a campaign of "mendacity".
Now it is playing out in the Bama statehouse again with House Speaker Mike Hubbard.
I called the Governor's office yesterday and talked to a great nephew of former Bama US Senator John Sparkman. Daniel Sparkman was a pleasant fellow.
Here is the latest for Casey Mattox, Pastor Morgan, Governor Bentley, Speaker Hubbard, et al:
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/08/11/a ... ississippi