Reply #257: Now Jerry Falwell is a Catholic. I've heard everything [View All]

[imenja]

I guess some will say absolutely anything, even what it is precisely the opposite of what is the truth. You obviously have adopted the George Bush school of historical analysis. In the unlikely event that you are actually interested in knowing something that approximates the truth, there are a few sources for you to consult below.

The Christian Right is in origin protestant and
anti-Catholic. You will find some of their arguments familiar.
http://are.as.wvu.edu/lebeau1.htm

The following article from the National Humanities Center shows and Jews and Catholics also participated, but they were not the most public or powerful figures in the movement.
http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us:8080/tserve/twenty/tkeyinfo/ch...


You could also read this entry from from Wikipedia on the Christian Right. Nearly every member cited is Protestant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Right

Or the ACLU: http://www.aclu-wa.org/Issues/religious/3.html

Oxford Reference on the Moral Majority: Moral Majority. Organization in the USA which aims to exert political pressure in favour of traditional ‘moral’ values (family life, free enterprise, strong national defence) and against such causes as homosexual rights and freer abortion. Moral Majority, Inc. was founded in 1979 by the Baptist pastor and television evangelist Jerry Falwell (b. 1933), and rose to prominence in the presidential election campaign of 1980. Although it is ‘pluralistic’ and ‘not based on theological considerations’, the organization's support comes mainly from conservative Protestant Christians. (link below, subscription service).
http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?entry=t101.e4896&srn=2&ssid=505020615#FIRSTHIT


This is Wikipedia's entry on the Moral Majority: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Majority
They don't mention a single Catholic.

Barleby's on the Moral Majority.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/e-/E-MoralMajo.html

http://rightweb.irc-online.org/groupwatch/mm.php