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Article: MORAL MAJORITY REGROUPS

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January 30, 2005
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Friday, Jan. 21, 2005, was a day the Rev. Jerry Falwell has been dreaming of for at least 25 years.

That day, Falwell was an invited guest at the final inaugural event of President George W. Bush's second term, a prayer service at the National Cathedral.

"I was sitting at the cathedral with some of the leading clergymen of the country," Falwell told me later that day. "We talked after the service and I said this was vintage George W. Bush.

"This is America under God again."

Falwell couldn't have chosen a slogan that more embodied his aim when he started the Moral Majority 25 years ago. His goal had been to change American politics and culture to reflect the conservative Christian faith he ...

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