Roy Moore's incredible 'even though we had slavery' quote

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(CNN)Most of the national coverage of Roy Moore's effort to upset the establishment in his bid for Senate in Alabama has been viewed through the lens of the sexual abuse allegations against him -- but there are a slew of other reasons why Republicans were uneasy with his candidacy before those revelations were known.

For instance, his praise for the time during which slavery existed in the US.

Comments from Moore that praised the era of US history that included slavery because, according to Moore, families were stronger, are getting new scrutiny in the final days of his campaign

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Here's the full passage, from the Los Angeles Times, back in September:

At Moore's Florence rally, the former judge outlined all the wrongs he sees in Washington and "spiritual wickedness in high places." He warned of "the awful calamity of abortion and sodomy and perverse behavior and murders and shootings and road rage" as "a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins."

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http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/08/politics/roy-moore-slavery/index.html

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1. About time that slavery comment gets scrutiny

It's shocking. And the silence from party leaders is frightening.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. Ignoramuses like him

apparently think that people never abandoned spouses or children, and no woman ever tried to end an abortion is some mythical time in the past. The sad reality is that we've always had such things, and add to those murder, rape, pillaging, torture, and whatever else you care to add.

I often suggest that people read the first chapter of Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder to get a look into how less than idyllic schools were in the mid 19th century.