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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:

• abortion
• homosexuality
• family life (but only as according to its moral prescriptions)
• 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.

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. This, combined with what some saw as discrimination and elitism, led a humorist to remark, "The Moral Majority is neither moral nor a majority." The phrase has been repeated to the point where the original attribution is lost to history.

Compare with Moralism

People:

• Jerry Falwell
• Pat Robertson