>Yes, but in Dragan's experience, there's always a conspiracy involved :o)

In case of non-mixed marriages, they can't possibly look like a conspiracy. The people of the same sort were adamantly against mixed marriages 40-50-60 years ago. Now they are against the non-mixed ones. They are notorious flip-floppers and they should get their stool together or just remain looking like fools they are.

There was a conspiracy, but can't qualify it as such, because it's already published in several books ("Nixonland" is the latest). It was the strategy of the GOP to build a majority by dividing the country over religious hot-button issues (abortion, gay rights, immigrants, whatever was felt as hot for the season), because they had nothing to offer to the masses on the issues that count - employment, gov't accountability, reining in the corporations (where they actually keep cutting the reins for decades now), a health system, incarceration rate, urban decay...