From The Washington Post-
Following Wednesday’s state funeral for George H.W.
Bush at Washington National Cathedral, the former president’s casket
will be flown to Houston where a memorial service will be held at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church the following day.
Unlike
his son George W. Bush, the elder Bush, a lifelong Episcopalian, was
less-known for his religious faith. He was certainly not thought of as a
champion of the religious right, the powerful political movement most
associated with his predecessor, Ronald Reagan.
Yet it was Bush, the moderate establishment Republican whose family helped found Planned Parenthood,
who secured the religious right’s permanent place in American politics.
While historians largely credit Reagan’s presidency with helping
religious conservatives move from the shadows of American public life
into its spotlight, it was the Bush presidency, particularly its
disappointments and defeat, that entrenched the religious right as the
center of the Republican Party and guaranteed its ongoing influence.
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