The Harlem Globetrotters the entertaining traveling basketball team always had the Washington Generals as the team to beat. The Generals had to look like they had a chance to win but you always knew their job was just an act and that they would lose once again. This situation reminds me of how our politics plays out. Conservatives always want our country to never change and win temporary victories but always end up losing in the end. This reality makes conservatives disgruntled and bitter. Sometimes their disgruntlement causes them to even attack Congress.
With the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion this week conservatives are celebrating a seeming victory in their 50-year battle on abortion. Right now it is uncertain how long it will take for their victory to be undone but if history is a guide the victory will only be temporary.
Conservatives politically use conservative religious doctrine to support their political beliefs. Conservative religious beliefs, like conservative political beliefs, can never change or they lose their value. It is not surprising that almost all of the opposition to abortion has a strong fundamentalist religious basis. Opposition to change is the common theme in both. Conservatives have to get used to losing as there is nothing more certain than change.
P.S.
Look for the Maryland General Assembly to move to attempt to put the right to abortion in the Maryland Constitution. This could even happen in a special session if the Supreme Court overturns Roe. The culture war is heating up and will play out in this year's state elections.
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