History of the United States II / Unit 16 USH2 2263 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Religious Right
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The idea
Evangelical Christians in Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority, founded in the late nineteen seventies, opposed legal abortion, feminism and sex education in the public schools.
In practice
Sixty-one percent of the Moral Majority's members voting for Reagan, the anchor records.
Where people slip
The Yawp says the organisation helped cement the New Christian Right's place in American politics.
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