Originally Posted by
HeavyMetal
Left and right have changed so much meaning over the years, and those who can be classified as such have swapped a number of issues since those times. I'm kind of with tertius in that it doesn't make for a fruitful discussion.
However...Temperance was also championed by the same people fighting for women's suffrage (Carrie Nation fighting for both), and before these, the abolition of slavery. These were all causes pushed by those we'd today call the "religious left". The religious left was a pretty powerful movement in the 1800's and early 1900's.