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Article: Moral Majority ready to close, Falwell says
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- June 12, 1989
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LAS VEGAS Moral Majority triumphed in its 10-year battle for the
religious and social soul of the United States and can now call it
quits, the Rev. Jerry Falwell said in a casino here Sunday.
The 55-year-old founder and chief spokesman of the political
lobby said conservative election victories and emergence of other,
more specific special-interest groups combined to end the need for
Moral Majority.
"The religious right is solidly in place, and, like the
galvanizing of the black church as a political force a generation
ago, the religious conservatives in America are now in for the
duration," said Falwell, who most recently gained attention in his