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Moral Majority, U.S. political action group composed of conservative, fundamentalist Christians. Founded (1979) and led (1979–87) by evangelist Rev. Jerry Falwell Falwell, Jerry (fôl`wĕl, –wəl), 1933–, American fundamentalist Baptist pastor, b. Lynchburg, Va.
..... Click the link for more information. , the group played a significant role in the 1980 elections through its strong support of conservative candidates. It lobbied for prayer and the teaching of creationism creationism or creation science, belief in the biblical account of the creation of the world as described in Genesis , a characteristic especially of fundamentalist Protestantism (see fundamentalism ).
..... Click the link for more information. in public schools, while opposing the Equal Rights Amendment (see feminism feminism, movement for the political, social, and educational equality of women with men; the movement has occurred mainly in Europe and the United States. It has its roots in the humanism of the 18th cent. and in the Industrial Revolution.
..... Click the link for more information. ), homosexual rights, abortion, and the U.S.-Soviet SALT treaties (see disarmament, nuclear disarmament, nuclear, the reduction and limitation of the various nuclear weapons in the military forces of the world's nations. The atomic bombs dropped (1945) on Japan by the United States in World War II demonstrated the overwhelming destructive potential of
..... Click the link for more information. ). The Moral Majority was dissolved in 1989.

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