In my defense back then I was young and (even more) stupid, and notably I was not in a leadership position of the party pounding the drumbeat of "family values". Presumably those doing so were aware the alternative was the nation imploding in a couple generations...and did nothing about it as far as I can tell.
What made the "family values" stuff so unpalatable to me at the time was seeing a man my parents age lecturing us about it and was dealing with years of fallout from their divorce. It took a long time before I actually understood what Republicans were trying to say.
Do I have all the answers? No.
In my defense back then I was young and (even more) stupid, and notably I was not in a leadership position of the party pounding the drumbeat of "family values". Presumably those doing so were aware the alternative was the nation imploding in a couple generations...and did nothing about it as far as I can tell.
What made the "family values" stuff so unpalatable to me at the time was seeing a man my parents age lecturing us about it and was dealing with years of fallout from their divorce. It took a long time before I actually understood what Republicans were trying to say.