RE: GOP Renunciation

Excellent article. Touchy subject. I agree that there are some good talking points here.

First of all, I find it refreshing to hear someone finally admit what so many of us "good Southern Democrats" have known for a very long time. The Republican party played on the racism of south white Democrats, urging them to leave the party. Did they really want to be a member of a party that welcomed blacks? Those who did support the civil rights movement left the party and are now Republicans. Most folks whose family is not originally from the South wouldn't know that. Up until that time, most Southerners were Democrats.

On the flip side, the Democratic Party took up the banner of Civil Rights and ran with it. What's the difference between the fight for black civil rights and gay civil rights? We're fighting the same battle again and the lines are drawn in the exact same place. This article makes an excellent point in suggesting that the Republican party might want to rethink it's stance on immigration and gay rights if it wants to be taken seriously by the black community.