THE 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT

Like most of you, I grew up believing that it was the Democrat party who were the champions of

the civil rights movement of the 1960’s. At one point, a friend of mine told me that just the opposite was true.

Not satisfied simply taking his word for it, I decided to look it up for myself. I obtained the following data from Congressional Quarterly Almanac, the only true and accurate record of all activities in Congress. Records are meticulously kept for each year and copies can be found in every main branch of the public library in most major U.S. cities. Each year’s edition is the size of a New York City phone book and contains all of the years congressional activity including all votes, motions and speeches made during an entire session of Congress. In the case of civil rights legislation, the evidence is more than clear. Due to so much Democrat opposition,

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 would not have passed without the 80% of Republicans who supported it.

Here are the highlights from HR 7152, The Civil Rights Act of 1964:

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The Vote

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

DEMOCRATS: REPUBLICANS:

235 Members 175 Members

Yes - 145 - 62% Yes - 137 - 78%

No - 90 - 34% No - 38 - 22%

SENATE

DEMOCRATS: REPUBLICANS:

65 Members 35 Members

Yes -42 - 66% Yes - 28 - 80%

No - 23 - 34% No - 7 - 20%

Notable Votes:

*Sen. Al Gore Sr. ( D-TN. )- No

Sen. Robert Byrd ( D-W.Va. ) - No

**Rep. Bob Dole ( R-KA ) -Yes

*-Yes, that is the father of Al Gore, the loser of the 2000 Presidential Election.

**-Yes, that’s the same Bob Dole that Bill Clinton attempted to paint as a racist in the 1996 Presidential Election.

Under normal circumstances a bill such as this sent to the Senate would be reviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee. In this case however, the whole Senate voted to bypass the Democrat lead judiciary committee and take it straight to the full Senate for immediate consideration. Senate opponents of HR 7152 lead by

Al Gore Sr. ( D-TN. ) and Robert Byrd ( D-W.VA. ) made repeated attempts ( via " motion to table " ) to have

the bill sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee headed by Sen. James O. Eastland ( D - Mississippi )

where they would have then killed it.

Robert Byrd's Filibuster:

Just before the Cloture vote ( vote to end debate ) was taken, Sen. Robert C. Byrd ( D-W.Va. )

set the record for the longest speech of the 1964 filibuster. Byrd began talking at 7:38 PM June 9

and continued speaking all night, winding up at 9:51am the following morning.

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Responding to attempts by Democrats to gut the bill,

Minority Leader Everet MicKinley Dirksen ( R - Ill. )

warned that Republicans would reject the bill if it were gutted by Senate Democrats.

Notable quotes from Republican Minority Leader Dirksen:

" Civil Rights - Here is an idea whose time has come. let the editors rave at will and let the states fulminate at will, but the time has come and it can't be stopped. "

" Stronger than all armies is an idea whose time has come. "

" this is an idea whose time has come. It will not be stayed, it will not be denied. "

" Members of the Senate, we are confronted with a moral issue. Face the issue and approve cloture. "

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Much credit was given to the influence of Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish groups in The Republican Party.

So what we have here is the so-called" Religious Right, " the most demonized and hated group by Liberals today actually having influenced Republicans to vote in favor of The 1964 Civil Rights act.....

If you listen to liberals, there is no place for God in Government and that religious groups are nothing but narrow minded bigots. However, the facts in this case show just the opposite to be true. I guess you could say the Religious Right " imposed their moral will " on society to help pass The Civil Rights Act.

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