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Oldtimer · Sep 22, 2012

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The Christians in the South/Bible belt failed to realise that blacks and whites were equally created by God longer than any other region!

And the deep seated hatred towards them was a big factor in while Elvis was getting ttreated as he did, NOT just because he had "Devil music!"
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Once again, prove it! You still have not responded with anything to back up your statements. Especially this request.

Originally Posted by Oldtimer
None of that answers my question.

A few minutes with google can result in a bigger list of "northern" bashing than the one you just presented. Maybe within your own city over the last 150 years or so.

How about just answering my question, since apparently you're determined to "play the race card", as a way to avoid supporting your prior statements.

Again:
Prove that professing, God-fearing, born again, Christians in the "Bible Belt" fail at rate any different from any other area of this country, now or in the past.
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You've responded with more of the same. If your response is accurate, how do you explain the rejection of Elvis by the various groups mentioned in this article. Are they lying about their true motives?

Elvis Presley Endured Criticism From Religious Leaders in 1950s
http://www.elvis-history-blog.com/elvis-religious-criticism.html

The Rev. Carl Elgena told his Des Moines, Iowa, congregation that “Elvis Presley is morally insane”

In it a Rhode Island Roman Catholic bishop deplored “youth’s lionization of a ‘pelvic contortionist

On February 28, 1957, a month before Elvis’s show came to town, Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Roman Catholic archbishop of Chicago, publicly condemned rock ’n’ roll.

While Chicago Catholic officials were denying a Presley ban, The Reverend Mother Superior at Notre Dame Convent school in Ottawa was implementing a peer pressure plan to keep her students away from Elvis.

The Rev. W. Carter Merbreier of Philadelphia’s St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church attended Elvis’s show in that city on April 8. The pastor observed first-hand the effects of Presley pandemonium.

(Bible Belt!!)
Not all clergymen came forward to condemn Elvis. Some actually supported him. One was Rev. James H. Elder of Mullins’ Methodist Church in Memphis. “Some of the mossbacks of our city, who have apparently forgotten their own adolescence are moaning about rock and roll music and Elvis Presley

Then there was Billy Graham, easily the most popular evangelist of the 1950s.
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Presley has already appeared six times on national television, but it is his appearance on The Milton Berle Show on June 5, 1956, that triggers the first controversy of his career. Presley sings his latest single, "Hound Dog," with all the pelvis-shaking intensity his fans scream for. Television critics across the country slam the performance for its "appalling lack of musicality," for its "vulgarity" and "animalism." The Catholic Church takes up the criticism in its weekly organ in a piece headlined "Beware Elvis Presley." Concerns about juvenile delinquency and the changing moral values of the young find a new target in the popular singer. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/flashpoints/music/elvis.html
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Critics Condemn The Way Elvis Performs “Hound Dog”
http://elvispresleytalk.com/article/critics-condemn-way-elvis-performs-hound-dog
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More important from a music lover's perspective, however, are his remarkable artistic achievements. Presley was not the very first white man to sing rhythm & blues; Bill Haley predated him in that regard, and there may have been others as well. Elvis was certainly the first, however, to assertively fuse country and blues music into the style known as rockabilly. While rockabilly arrangements were the foundations of his first (and possibly best) recordings, Presley could not have become a mainstream superstar without a much more varied palette that also incorporated pop, gospel, and even some bits of bluegrass and operatic schmaltz here and there. His '50s recordings established the basic language of rock & roll; his explosive and sexual stage presence set standards for the music's visual image; his vocals were incredibly powerful and versatile. http://www.youtube.com/artist/Elvis_Presley
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This appearance on June 5 fanned the flames of the nationwide controversy over his hip-swiveling performing style. Elvis sang 'Hound Dog' for the first time on television that spring night. When he began the song, no one knew what to expect, because the tune was new. But the audience responded immediately with enthusiasm. Elvis then went a bit further in his performance: He slowed down the final chorus of the song to a blues tempo, and he thrust his pelvis to the beat of the music in a particularly suggestive manner. The studio audience went wild with excitement. The next day, the press nicknamed him 'Elvis the Pelvis'. Many described his act by comparing it to a striptease. Jack Gould of The New York Times declared', Mr. Presley has no discernible singing ability', while John Crosby of the New York Herald Tribune called Elvis 'unspeakably untalented and vulgar'. The criticism prompted parents, religious groups from the North and South, and the Parent-Teacher Association to condemn Elvis and rock 'n' roll music by associating both with juvenile delinquency. http://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pictures/1956_1957_elvis_ed_sullivan_show.html
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These quotes, if you will note, come from a wide variety of sources. The bold in the last one pretty much sums up the situation ALL ACROSS the country. Remember, I was there and heard this reaction as it came about. Were you?

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The Christians in the South/Bible belt failed to realise that blacks and whites were equally created by God longer than any other region!

And the deep seated hatred towards them was a big factor in while Elvis was getting ttreated as he did, NOT just because he had "Devil music!"
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