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Article: Falwell Says Moral Majority to Be Dissolved
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- The Washington Post
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- June 12, 1989
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Moral Majority Inc., the political organization that spawned the
religious right movement 10 years ago this month but has had little
political impact in recent years, will be dissolved in August, the
Rev. Jerry Falwell, founder and chairman, announced today.
Falwell said the organization will close its Washington office,
lay off 12 staff members and stop raising money and publishing its
newsletter.
"The purpose of the Moral Majority was to activate the religious
right," he told a national conference of religious writers here. "Our
mission has been accomplished . . . . Other groups have been born to
take our place. We no longer need to be the quarterback."
Political analyst Kevin ...