OnTheIssues Fact Checking: on Civil Rights
Clay Higgins:
FactCheck: Biblical marriage includes polygamy and chattel
Clay Higgins, the Representative-Elect from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, says, "I define marriage Biblically, as between one man and one woman." So we looked up some Biblical definitions of marriage:- Polygamy: Abraham and
Jacob, the patriarchs of monotheism, both had multiple wives, and children with each (Gen. 29:15-30).
- Concubines: King David and King Solomon, the Biblical judges, had hundreds of concubines (1 Kings 11:3).
- Female inferiority:
The Bible counsels "Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord" (Ephesians 5:22-24)
- Chattel: The Bible asserts that "man is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man" (1 Corinthians 11:7-9); women were
considered man's property, not man's equals.
We doubt that Rep.-Elect Higgins believes in polygamy, concubinage, female inferiority, or wives as chattel--so perhaps he should more carefully define "Biblical marriage."
Source: OnTheIssues FactCheck on 2016 Louisiana House campaign
Dec 12, 2016
John F. Kennedy:
FactCheck: 1960 election 70%-30% for JFK among black voters
FactCheck by OnTheIssues.org: Morris states that "In 1952 & 1956, a majority of blacks backed the Republican Party." That is not true; the only kernel of truth is that in both of those elections the Republicans fared better than in the previous elections
In 1952, the black vote for president was 76% Democratic, only slightly more Republican than in the previous election. In 1956, the black vote for president was 61% Democratic--an improvement for the Republicans but not a majority.
Morris further states that in 1960, "blacks showed their appreciation by voting for Kennedy by a margin of 70-30." The voting figures are reasonably accurate, but the trend is Morris' opinion, at best. In 1960 blacks voted
for Kennedy in roughly the same as their overall voting pattern since 1936. In other words, blacks showed appreciation for Eisenhower in 1956, more than they showed appreciation for Kennedy in 1960.
Source: Blacks & the 2008 DNC, JointCenter.org
Source: OnTheIssues FactCheck on Condi vs. Hillary, by Dick Morris
Apr 15, 2011
Lyndon Johnson:
FactCheck: Civil Rights Act led to 90% black vote for Dems
FactCheck by OnTheIssues.org: Morris states that "The Democratic domination of the African American vote really did not begin until 1960." That is not true; the current Democratic domination began in the 1964 election. Morris cites JFK's actions as the
source of that Democratic domination; it would be more historically accurate to cite LBJ's passage of the Civil Rights Act. After that bill's passage, the trend in the black vote changed from about 70% Democratic to nearly 90% Democratic, where it has
stayed until the present.
Source: Blacks & the 2008 Democratic National Convention, by David A. Bositis, Joint Center For Political And Economic Studies; table 1 on page 15; 1936-56 data from
Everett Carll Ladd, Jr., and Charles D. Hadley, Transformations of the American Party System; 1960-80 presidential preference data from Gallup Opinion Index; details available at www.JointCenter.org
Source: OnTheIssues FactCheck on Condi vs. Hillary, by Dick Morris
Apr 15, 2011
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