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Article: FALWELL WILL DISBAND THE MORAL MAJORITY
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 12, 1989
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LAS VEGAS - Ten years after he organized the Moral Majority
to rally religious conservatives in the war on political and social
issues, Rev. Jerry Falwell declared victory yesterday and
announced his withdrawal from the day-to-day battles of American
politics.
"Our goal has been achieved. . . . The Moral Majority is no
longer needed," said Rev. Falwell, who also said that effective
Aug. 31 he would formally dissolve the organization that came to
symbolize the new political ambitions of American conservatives.
"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 ...