Neither. But I see you're unable to comment on the substance of my post about the "sweeter times" America lived under. It sure does appear the truth has pierced a nerve.
No... not truth... Far from it... sounds more like sanctimonious liberal screeching to me,
@Right_in_Virginia .
I tire quickly of feminist hags squalling incessantly in an effort to shame me for being an American, and it happens altogether too often.
No, as a matter of FACT, if it weren't for the United States and Britain and their unique and peculiar Protestant Christian ethical sense, slavery would not have been addressed *AT ALL* and would remain even yet in Western Civilization, even as it does elsewhere in this big ol world.
That is a PLUS,
@Right_in_Virginia , not a negative. The USA lead the way, despite the tragic cost.
And more internally, abolitionists were spearheaded by Christian women's clubs, the same later turning their attention to suffrage... mostly Quaker and Unitarians... And the underground railway would have had no reach without Christian churches acting as sanctuary, and many Christian (and Southern) people risking all they had in order to help.
And as to suffrage, it is of little regard to me, as I am one who would dial the vote back to its original intent - That only land owners and businessmen retain the vote... People with real skin in the game. And anyone working for government (Fed, state, or county, excepting military) would have their vote prohibited as well, as would anyone receiving aid from any government source (excluding pension). So yeah, while I am a big ol meanie, and would prevent many from the right to vote, your genitalia and the color of your skin would not even factor in that cause.
But be that as it may, I would challenge you to pick the top 50 or 100 women involved in the suffrage movement and research the topic, because I will lay good odds that the vast majority of those people were Christian folk - Because the question, like with slavery, is a Christian question - with women finding succor in the person of Christ, whose treatment of his followers was equal regardless of sex or caste.
Again, suffrage would have found no traction except for the Judeo-Christian Ethic and the particular Protestant strain, that which was the root that founded all the greater concepts which became the United States, to include your right to your own opinion.