That's the framework they use now, yes. The impetus for that was not what it has become. If you don't know this history stop assuming the context. Carry Nation,

That's the framework they use now, yes. The impetus for that was not what it has become. If you don't know this history stop assuming the context. Carry Nation, women's suffrage, equal rights; these political groups banned together (not unlike LGBTQIQKDNO...) for the purpose of advancing their agendas. One of the major ones was banning spirits (whiskey in particular) as a means of salvaging the moral character of country. During that time the average American consumed 3x as much liquor as they do today. Domestic abuse was magnitudes higher. Orphanages were overcrowded. The circumstances were not the same. But, politicians certainly learned how to leverage the outrage to create a scheme - that much is true.