A recent Pew study has revealed that a majority of both men and women believe homosexuality should be accepted, which is a substantial increase from only 2 years ago. The only group that had a decrease in the percentage of respondents who believed society should accept homosexuality was conservative Republicans.

Hmmm…

My recent post Did Cop Go Too Far At Texas Pool Party?

If reports are true(?) ..the numbers of (mostly) young White Southern Baptist evangelicals are in significant declined also, as those young people of faith become young adults and move on to other NON-right-wing extremists Christian faiths.

It's one thing when the New York Times covers this issue in an article published in 2012.

It's another thing completely when the same observation is reported on in The American Conservative 6 days ago.

SEE: The Decline of the Southern Baptists

Neither LBJ (a Southern born and bred White Supremacist himself) ..nor the leaders of either party could have possibly foreseen how the Repubs would eventually completely SCREW themselves (no pun intended) in the coming years, following LBJ signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.

With the DEFECTION of millions of middle-aged and OLD (mostly) Southern White Supremacist voters, including Southern White evangelical Christians to the Republican party (throw in gun-nuts and NeoCons to boot), the Dems would eventually usher in a New day in American history.

Yes, it would take nearly 50 years…and this country having to endure TONS of really BAD stuff from the Repubs..but in the end, it appears the Dems are poised to really capitalize on what the Repubs took for granted – a broad spectrum of MILLIONS of Americans from very diverse backgounds (age, racial, ethnic, cultural, socio-economic and sexual orientation), especially millions of young voters.

Now…let me be clear….

I am in NO WAY saying that there aren't more than few Dems who are just as OLD, bitter, hateful and extreme in their beliefs and actions towards the "Others." Of course the Dems have them too.

BUT as a political party, the Dems didn't deliberaely tailor a message to appeal to..and stoke the flames…of those kinds of people in order to get votes and gain power. The Dems don't have extremists. and haters running that party. And the Dems sure as heck didn't mix ANY religious doctrine with their politics and in particular hold themselves up as some "holier-than-thou" phoney-baloney party of "Family Values." <rolling my eyes>

The Dems tend to go outta their way to speak the language they hope really appeals to the "common man" and to those voters who are NOT welcomed in the Republican party, whcih totals MILLIONS of Americans.

And fankly, until the first election of President Obama the Dems had pretty much Failed to recognize their golden opportunity to really GROW the party (SEE the successes of the Obama Coalition that the Clintons desperately want AND NEED to win the Presidency) …especially inviting young people to take an active role in developing and running campaigns and helping to forge the direction of the Democrat party and Our country at large.

To be sure- the leaders within the Democrat party still have a lot of learning to do.

While the Repubs can do nothing but look on (and in some cases) with Envy at the Dem's progress, secretly wishing their Grand OLD (and DYING) Party had taken a much different path long ago.