Article: Moral Majority founder, 73; The Rev. Jerry Falwell made the Christian right into GOP powerhouse.(Capital Region)

Article: Moral Majority founder Jerry Falwell dies at ...
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  May 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... hospital an hour later. Falwell founded Moral Majority in 1979 in reaction to ... was elected president. Falwell credited Moral Majority with getting millions ... non-moral issues." Falwell quit Moral Majority in 1987, saying he was ...

Article: FALWELL RECALLS BIRTH OF RELIGIOUS RIGHT THE CHRISTIAN ...
The Virginian Pilot;  August 13, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... call the ``Moral Majority.'' Falwell was not a household ... second term, the Moral Majority was disbanded ... to do,'' Falwell said. And he ... emerged out of the Moral Majority, including ... Coalition,'' Falwell said, but its ...

Article: Jerry Falwell sculpted religious right; Moral ...
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA);  May 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... right to an abortion, Falwell founded the Moral Majority in 1979. One of the ... elected president. Falwell credited the Moral Majority with getting millions ... moral issues." Falwell quit the Moral Majority in 1987, saying he ...

Article: Moral Majority founder Falwell dies at 73
St. Joseph News-Press;  May 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... an abortion, Falwell founded the Moral Majority in 1979. One ... elected president. Falwell credited the Moral Majority with getting millions ... conservatism - and the Moral Majority's full- throated ... pornography - made Falwell perhaps the most ...

Article: REV. JERRY FALWELL: EVANGELIST DEAD AT 73 HE WAS THE ...
The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  May 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... conservatism made Falwell perhaps the most ... evangelical right. The Moral Majority's condemnation ... an abortion, Falwell founded the Moral Majority in 1979. He ... stepped down as Moral Majority president in 1987. Falwell was both a businessman ...

Article: FALWELL WILL DISBAND THE MORAL MAJORITY
The Boston Globe;  June 12, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... The Moral Majority is no longer ... said Rev. Falwell, who also said ... chapters of Moral Majority may continue, Rev. Falwell said, but the ... reaction," Rev. Falwell said. Even more, the Moral Majority's success ...

Article: Jerry Falwell, founder of Moral Majority, ...
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  May 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... The Rev. Jerry Falwell, a four-star general ... televangelist whose Moral Majority group forged conservative ... Lynchburg, Va. Falwell, an influential ... other," he said. Falwell left the Moral Majority in 1987 and turned ...