HIST-H 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Silent Majority, Moral Majority, Epicenter
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Promise to restore us power in world after humiliation of iran taking 53 american hostages. Promise to restore us power after defeat in vietnam. Promise of less government in our life. Praise for american war effort in vietnam. Calls it a noble cause and men who fought. Key in framing politics of family values are ministers connecting defense of traditional family values with opposition to abortion and feminism. Christian right had always supported anti-communism and patriotism. Billy graham notable call for fundamentalist christians to embrace patriotic fight vs. These ministers already upset in early 1960s when supreme court banned bible readings in schools. Southern baptist minister infusing politics with word of gd. Formed christian broadcast network in 1960 but turned it into a cable tv network in. Ran for president in 1988 in some primaries. Critical of feminism and abortion-- sees it as destroying the traditional family. Had been critical of civil rights movement in 1960s.
