| | 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 July 1985 South Africa declared its first "State of Emergency", and Falwell publicly denounced 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,] | + | In July 1985 South Africa declared its first "State of Emergency", and Falwell publicly denounced 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 eventually dismantled, and economic sanctions would created unemployment among the Black majority whom sanctions supposedly were 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> | | ''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> |