What are the culture wars? The culture wars encompassed many things. It was a so called war on race, gender, and a few other things. The culture wars put religious conservatives against liberal secular Americans. The culture wars aimed to break the norm. The culture wars was aimed to break the stereotypical actions of the 1950’s and 1960’s. The “war” attacked the gays, lesbians. The culture wars tried to break the normative America that came to be of the nation after the war.
Why are the sixties so important? The sixties played a huge role in the culture wars. The sixties ushered in an intense new form of polarization that hinged on the very question of American and its meaning (Hartman, 10). It was in the sixties that everybody stated to …show more content…
One of the major fights that the liberals put up was the legalize abortion fight. Abortion had been banned since the late 1800’s and was being pushed by doctors to be overturned. The thought was that doctors would get more credit if they were the ones deciding if it was best for the patient. Roe vs. Wade forced state to make abortion legal. Claiming that it was a women’s right to their body, and that they should be able to make the decision. In response to this Catholic’s and other religious groups spoke out against the idea. Another big role that religion played was in the gay rights movement. Christian Right opposed gay rights on the grounds that homosexuality flouted the will of God as expressed in the traditional family (Hartman, 95). They also argued that divorce would ruin the country and that it was wrong. Within religious groups they wanted everything done like the bible tells them to do. They believed that women belonged in the home, and premarital sex would scar somebody for life and lead them down a bad …show more content…
Reagan believe that all parents should have the right to educate their children. He also supported prayer and unrestricted education. Education content and form were the center of this. In form of content one of the things that was argued was that schools should be able to teach religion. Most of the conservatives agreed with this and believed that there should be a time in school for prayer. While neoconservatives argued that the government should be pushing schools to educational excellence. They thought that this would be the best way to improve schools. Christian Right’s groups pushed for the idea that government should not be involved in the school system. Both groups were still looking to break the norms of the sixties, but they were looking to do it in different
Why are the sixties so important? The sixties played a huge role in the culture wars. The sixties ushered in an intense new form of polarization that hinged on the very question of American and its meaning (Hartman, 10). It was in the sixties that everybody stated to …show more content…
One of the major fights that the liberals put up was the legalize abortion fight. Abortion had been banned since the late 1800’s and was being pushed by doctors to be overturned. The thought was that doctors would get more credit if they were the ones deciding if it was best for the patient. Roe vs. Wade forced state to make abortion legal. Claiming that it was a women’s right to their body, and that they should be able to make the decision. In response to this Catholic’s and other religious groups spoke out against the idea. Another big role that religion played was in the gay rights movement. Christian Right opposed gay rights on the grounds that homosexuality flouted the will of God as expressed in the traditional family (Hartman, 95). They also argued that divorce would ruin the country and that it was wrong. Within religious groups they wanted everything done like the bible tells them to do. They believed that women belonged in the home, and premarital sex would scar somebody for life and lead them down a bad …show more content…
Reagan believe that all parents should have the right to educate their children. He also supported prayer and unrestricted education. Education content and form were the center of this. In form of content one of the things that was argued was that schools should be able to teach religion. Most of the conservatives agreed with this and believed that there should be a time in school for prayer. While neoconservatives argued that the government should be pushing schools to educational excellence. They thought that this would be the best way to improve schools. Christian Right’s groups pushed for the idea that government should not be involved in the school system. Both groups were still looking to break the norms of the sixties, but they were looking to do it in different