what happened? good question, Mrrzy, and one we ask ourselves...

how did the REpublican Party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Eisenhower turn into the pack of Tea Party clowns we have today???

politics, money & power are a good start. JFK's shooter was perched atop the Texas Book Depository... A giant warehouse that was owned by a private firm that stocked and distributed textbooks for public schools in north Texas and parts of Oklahoma. A single buyer with tremendous purchasing power and able to influence education in accordance with their own personal agenda. What publisher is going to offend a major customer like that?

No one has ever accused the Bible Belt of being socially progressive... heck they used the Bible to defend slavery, while the Abolitionists used the very same Bible to condemn slavery. They spawned the KKK, segregation and worse following the American Civil War. It's their legacy that continues to bedevil our country... and influence others like our friend Pete.