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The '''Moral Majority''' movement is an organisation made up of ] ] ]s, which campaigns on issues it believes are central to upholding its ] conception of the moral law, a perception it believes represents the majority of people's opinions, hence the movement's name. With a membership of millions the ''Moral Majority'' is one of the largest conservative lobby groups in the ]. Among issues it campaigns on are: The '''Moral Majority''' movement was an organisation made up of ] ] ]s, which campaigned on issues it believed central to upholding its ] conception of the moral law, a perception it believed represented the majority of people's opinions, hence the movement's name. The organization officially dissolved in 1989 but lives on in the Christian Coalition network initiated by Pat Robertson. With a membership of millions the ''Moral Majority'' was one of the largest conservative lobby groups in the ]. Among issues it campaigned on were:


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* ] of media outlets that promote what it sees as an 'anti-family' agenda. * ] of media outlets that promote what it sees as an 'anti-family' agenda.


The ''Moral Majority'' has adherents in the two major United States political parties, the ] and the ], though it exercises more influence on the former than the latter. The ''Moral Majority'' had adherents in the two major United States political parties, the ] and the ], though it exercised more influence on the former than the latter.


Though it claims to represent the views of the majority of citizens, opinion polls as well as election and referendum outcomes suggest that it is less representative of public opinion than its name suggests. Though it claimed to represent the views of the majority of citizens, opinion polls as well as election and referendum outcomes suggest that it was less representative of public opinion than its name suggests.


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The Moral Majority movement was an organisation made up of conservative Christian political action groups, which campaigned on issues it believed central to upholding its Christian conception of the moral law, a perception it believed represented the majority of people's opinions, hence the movement's name. The organization officially dissolved in 1989 but lives on in the Christian Coalition network initiated by Pat Robertson. With a membership of millions the Moral Majority was one of the largest conservative lobby groups in the United States. Among issues it campaigned on were:

The Moral Majority had adherents in the two major United States political parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, though it exercised more influence on the former than the latter.

Though it claimed to represent the views of the majority of citizens, opinion polls as well as election and referendum outcomes suggest that it was less representative of public opinion than its name suggests.

Compare with Moralism

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