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In June of 1979, Dr. Falwell organized the [[Moral Majority]].  This organization is composed of over 100,000 [[priests]], [[pastors]] and [[rabbis]], and over 7 million conservative, religious Americans.  The Moral Majority, also known as the [[Religious 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 perhaps best known for their work in selecting [[California]] [[Governor]] [[Ronald Reagan]] to run for [[president]] for 1980, and registering millions of voters to act on his behalf.  [http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=6921]

In June of 1979, Dr. Falwell organized the [[Moral Majority]].  This organization is composed of over 100,000 [[priests]], [[pastors]] and [[rabbis]], and over 7 million conservative, religious Americans.  The Moral Majority, also known as the [[Religious 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 perhaps best known for their work in selecting [[California]] [[Governor]] [[Ronald Reagan]] to run for [[president]] for 1980, and registering millions of voters to act on his behalf.  [http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=6921]

In the 1980s Jerry Falwell was an outspoken supporter of the Apartheid regime in South Africa. In 1985 he went to South Africa and encouraged Christians to buy gold Krugerrands in support of the white minority government.  He drew the a great deal of criticism when he called Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu a phony. He subsequently apologized for that remark and claimed that he had misspoken.

In July 1985 South Africa declared its first "State of Emergency", and Falwell publicly denounced a disucssions in Congress for disinvestment. <ref>[http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED292164&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=eric_accno&accno=ED292164 Argument of the Excluded Middle: The Jackson-Falwell Apartheid Debate,] Craig Dudczak, Education Resources Information Center, 1988-04-00. </ref> Falwell argued that the apartheid system would be dismantled eventually, and economic sanctions would only hurt the Black majority whom they would be intended to help.  The alternative, Falwell pointed out at that crucial point in the [[Cold War]], <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,959695,00.html An Unholy Uproar,]

''Time'', Sep. 02, 1985. </ref> is another [[Communist]] regime under the Soviet supported [[African National Congress]]. <ref>[http://www.africana.ru/biblio/afrocentrism/17_Eidelberg.htm The Transformation of the African National Congress (1979 — 1985)], The Institute of Asia and Africa, Materials from the International Conference on Euro-centrism and Afro-centrism on the Eve of the Twentieth Century, Moscow 2000. </ref>

Reverend Falwell was married to Mrs. Macel Falwell.  The two tied the proverbial knot on April 12, 1958.  The couple has three children:  Jerry Jr., Jonathan and Jeannie.  Jerry is currently an [[attorney]] and Vice-Chancellor at Liberty University.  Jonathan is an attorney and pastor in Lynchburg, Virginia.  Jeannie is a [[surgeon]] in Virginia.

Reverend Falwell was married to Mrs. Macel Falwell.  The two tied the proverbial knot on April 12, 1958.  The couple has three children:  Jerry Jr., Jonathan and Jeannie.  Jerry is currently an [[attorney]] and Vice-Chancellor at Liberty University.  Jonathan is an attorney and pastor in Lynchburg, Virginia.  Jeannie is a [[surgeon]] in Virginia.