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Line 1: − The '''Moral Majority''' was a [[right-wing]] coalition organized in 1979 by Rev. [[Jerry Falwell]]. Its mailing lists reached 100,000 clergy representing over 7 million conservative, religious Americans. The Moral Majority, part of the [[Religious Right]] and partially responsible for moving the Republican Party to the right, organized a series of voting drives and political demonstrations to advance their conservative point of view and enhance the moral and religious attitudes of the nation. The Moral Majority is best known for their work in supporting [[Ronald Reagan]]'s election in 1980, and registering millions of voters to act on his behalf. + + + + − Preachers emphasized that the devil was at work in America and good Christians had to organize to stop him. [[Abortion]], a new issue in politics, was a major theme.+ + + + − The Moral Majority played little role during the Reagan years; Falwell stepped down as its leader in 1987 and it was disbanded in 1989.+ − ==Voters==+ − In the 1984 election, 9.4% of the voters itentified with the Moral Majority. They were disproportionately female, Evangelical, and highly religious, and felt negatively toward abortion, gays and lesbians, and the women's liberation movement.<ref>Clyde Wilcox et al. "The Second Coming of the New Christian Right: Patterns of Popular Support in 1984 and 1996," ''Social Science Quarterly'' 1999 80(1): 181-192</ref>+ + + + + + + + + + + − ==Further reading==+ − * Shupe, Anson and William A Stacey. ''Born again politics and the moral majority: what social surveys really show'' (1982)+ − * Wilcox, Clyde; Sharon Linzey; and Ted G. Jelen. "Reluctant Warriors: Premillennialism and Politics in the Moral Majority," ''Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion,'' Vol. 30, No. 3 (Sep., 1991), pp. 245–258 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1386971 in JSTOR]+ − * Wilcox, Clyde. "Evangelicals and the Moral Majority," ''Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion,'' Vol. 28, No. 4 (Dec., 1989), pp. 400–414 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1386573 in JSTOR]+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + − <references/>+ +
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You call yourself the Moral Majority<br />
We call ourselves the people in the real world<br />
Trying to rub us out, but we're going to survive<br />
God must be dead if you're alive <br />
You say, 'God loves you. Come and buy the Good News'<br />
Then you buy the president and swimming pools<br />
If Jesus don't save 'til we're lining your pockets<br />
God must be dead if you're alive <br />
Circus-tent con-men and Southern belle bunnies<br />
Milk your emotions then they steal your money<br />
It's the new dark ages with the fascists toting bibles<br />
Cheap nostalgia for the Salem Witch Trials<br />
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Stodgy ayatollahs in their dobble-knit ties
Burn lots of books so they can feed you their lies
Masturbating with a flag and a bible
God must be dead if you're alive
Blow it out your ass, Jerry Falwell<br />
Blow it out your ass, Jesse Helms<br />
Blow it out your ass, Ronald Reagan<br />
What's wrong with a mind of my own? <br />
You don't want abortions, you want battered children<br />
You want to ban the pill as if that solves the problem<br />
Now you wanna force us to pray in school<br />
God must be dead if you're such a fool <br />
You're planning for a war with or without Iran<br />
Building a police state with the Ku Klux Klan<br />
Pissed at your neighbour? Don't bother to nag<br />
Pick up the phone and turn in a fag <br />
Blow it out your ass, Terry Dolan<br />
Blow it out your ass, Phyllis Schlafly<br />
Ram it up your cunt, Anita<br />
Cos God must be dead<br />
If you're alive<br />
God must be dead
If you're alive
==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Conservative Organizations]]
[[Category:Religion and Politics]]
[[Category:Religion and Politics]]