[logician2u]

You're grasping at straws.

The fact that Communism's state church was atheism does not make anti-communists members of the religious right. True, there was a lot of agitprop used during the Cold War years warning that if the Reds took over they'd close the churches and kill priests, rabbis and pastors. But was that much different from the fear-mongering we are hearing these days that if the Muslims took over, our woumen would be wearing burquas?

I used the Episcopalians as my example to see if you'd bite, and you did. Barry Goldwater, as it happens, was one. Surprised?

[gusopol3]

Since you seem unfamiliar with the lay of the land in Protestantism, briefly, there are main-line denominations like Episcopalian that drifted far to the left since Scopes or before(Harry Emerson Fosdick at Riverside Chuch in Manhattan is probably the epitome from 80 years ago).(BTW, if I know that GWB is a Methodist,another liberal main-line denomination, why would I be surprised at being reminded that BMG was Episcopal?)These denominations were not anti-Communist in the '60's, in fact they kinda' liked 'em, still do (especially Cuba, etc.) On the other hand, most fundamental churches, which would include independent and probably most Southern Baptists were the hard right against the commies ( Do you remember Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured for Christ ?)In fact the well accepted media explanation for the solid D south becoming R in presidential elections supposedly over the civil rights issue completely misses the fact that it was most likely a national security pivot. More about Israel in dispensational eschatology later.