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| 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. |
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| In 1981, a series of exposes by ] reporter ] led to the condemnation of the interactions between Moral Majority and the Republican Party. | |||
| Though it claimed to represent the views of the majority of citizens, ]s as well as election and referendum outcomes suggest that it was less representative of public opinion than its name suggests. This, combined with what some saw as discrimination and elitism, led a humorist to remark, "The Moral Majority is neither moral nor a majority." | |||
| ==Notable people within the movement== | ==Notable people within the movement== | ||
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The Moral Majority movement was an organization made up of conservative Christian political action committees, 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:
- against legal abortion
- against homosexuality
- supporting its vision of family life
- censorship of media outlets that promote what it sees as an 'anti-family' agenda
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.
Notable people within the movement
- Jerry Falwell
- Pat Robertson
- Tim LaHaye
- Beverly LaHaye
- Charles Stanley (radio evangelist)
- James Kennedy (televangelist)
The Moral Majority Coalition
In November of 2004, Falwell unveiled The Moral Majority Coalition, an organization designed to continue the “evangelical revolution” that swept President Bush back into the White House and saw the election of many pro-life leaders to national office. Referring to TMMC as a “21st century resurrection of the Moral Majority,” Falwell, the father of the modern “religious right” political movement, commits to leading the organization for four years.