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Article: FALWELL RECALLS BIRTH OF RELIGIOUS RIGHT THE CHRISTIAN COALITION OF TODAY HAS ITS ROOTS IN THE MORAL MAJORITY OF THE 1980S.(FRONT)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 13, 1996
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Byline: CODY LOWE, LANDMARK NEWS SERVICE
LYNCHBURG -- It has been 20 years since the man some would consider the ``godfather of the religious right'' decided to renounce what had been a tenet of his Christian faith - the commandment against mixing religion and politics.
The Rev. Jerry Falwell said he'd been taught in college that theology and politics didn't mix. U.S. Supreme Court decisions outlawing teacher-led prayer in public schools and legalizing abortion prompted him to examine those assumptions after he ``became convinced that if pastors and religious conservatives did not get involved, that the country was in a moral tailspin out of which we ...