We've made progress despite Repugnantans

Repugnantans are always on the wrong side of history. (Except in the distant past, like Teddy Roosevelt and Eisenhower.) Just shows how much progress we've made despite their rancid opposition.

• Conservatives tried to retain slavery, but they lost.
• They tried to block voting by women, but lost.
• They tried to prevent couples from using birth control, but lost.
• They tried to obstruct Social Security pensions for oldsters, but lost.
• They tried to outlaw labor unions, but lost.
• They tried to prevent unemployment compensation for the jobless, but lost.
• They tried to keep stores closed on the Sabbath, but lost.
• They banned alcohol during Prohibition, but eventually lost.
• They tried to sustain racial segregation, but lost.
• They supported government-mandated prayer in school, but lost.
• They tried to continue throwing gays in prison, but lost.
• They tried to defeat Medicare and Medicaid, but lost.
• They fought to halt sex education in schools, but lost.
• They opposed food stamps for the poor, but lost.
• They banned mixed-race marriage, but lost.
• They forbade teaching of evolution in schools, but lost.
• They fought against equal human rights laws, but lost.
• They tried to censor sexy magazines, books and movies, but lost.
• They sought to jail girls and doctors who end pregnancies, but lost.
• They tried to block liquor clubs and lotteries, but lost.
• They tried to prevent more health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, but lost.
• They tried to halt same-sex marriage, but lost.
• And now they’ve lost their effort to fire gays from jobs.
• Even though conservatives win elections, they gradually lose the deeper culture war over public values.