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In the Senate, he concentrated on family issues and worked for passage in 1981 of the Adolescent Family Life Act, often derided by critics as the "Chastity bill."<ref>'Teen-age Chastity Bill' designed to care for pregnant girls - UPI Archives, accessed October 27, 2021.</ref> Denton established the Coalition for Decency, which proposed to clean up [[television]] by urging [[boycott]]s of sponsors that promoted sexual promiscuity.<ref name=destroyer/> He also focused on national security as the chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism.<ref>Document - Statement by Senator Jeremiah Denton Before the Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism, February 2, 1983, Office of Justice Programs (ojp.gov), accessed October 27, 2021.</ref>

In the Senate, he concentrated on family issues and worked for passage in 1981 of the Adolescent Family Life Act, often derided by critics as the "Chastity bill."<ref>'Teen-age Chastity Bill' designed to care for pregnant girls - UPI Archives, accessed October 27, 2021.</ref> Denton established the Coalition for Decency, which proposed to clean up [[television]] by urging [[boycott]]s of sponsors that promoted sexual promiscuity.<ref name=destroyer/> He also focused on national security as the chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism.<ref>Document - Statement by Senator Jeremiah Denton Before the Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism, February 2, 1983, Office of Justice Programs (ojp.gov), accessed October 27, 2021.</ref>

In 1986, a heavily Democrat year, he was narrowly unseated by then Democrat and later [[Moderate Republican]] [[Richard Shelby]], who is retiring in January 2023.<ref name=destroyer/> In that same election, however, conservative Republican Harold Guy Hunt (1933-2009) won the governor's race, reversing a large defeat eight years earlier.

In 1986, a heavily Democrat year, he was narrowly unseated by then Democrat and later [[Moderate Republican]] [[Richard Shelby]], who retired in January 2023.<ref name=destroyer/> In that same election, however, conservative Republican Harold Guy Hunt (1933-2009) won the governor's race, reversing a large defeat eight years earlier.

From 1978 to 1980, Denton was a consultant to [[Pat Robertson]], founder of the [[Christian Broadcasting Network]].

From 1978 to 1980, Denton was a consultant to [[Pat Robertson]], founder of the [[Christian Broadcasting Network]].