In part II of this segment from Samantha bee, she talks about how Christians used to be opposed to politics because it was seen as “ungodly” and “dirty” to get involved in. [Relevant part is about 1:15 into the video, but you should watch the whole thing, as well as part I. She did some great investigative stuff, but she was a woman in late night, which was basically bound to fail.]

Well, until bussing/segregation spurred that white Christian bloc into action, that is. And when the fervor of that issue died down, the right wing pricks literally got on a conference call to try to reactivate those people to win elections. They were spitballing which issues they could use to get them involved again, and literally one of those assholes just said, “how about abortion?”

And voila. The religious right was born in earnest.