This is really more of a reply to Tracy but darned if I am going to wade through this thread looking for it! (Is there some simple "go to the message this message replies to" function I don't know about?)

I agree the so-called moral majority is not a majority, but I think they're more than a minute minority. The percentage of Americans who describe themselves as evangelican Christians is up to 35 or 40%, and they tend to be more involved in the political process than most other groups. I don't think a minute a minute minority could have the U.S. government kow-towing to them the way that's happening now. Nor do I agree with the view that last November's election results signal the passing of the hard right. A weakening, maybe, but IMO they are still a force to be reckoned with.


>You go, girl! You too, Tamar.
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>>I agree. He was extremely devisive and responsible for the 'moral majority' which I don't think ever was a 'majority' but actually a very minute 'minority' in this country. It was nothing more than a bullying political lobby run by overzealous fundamentalist conservative christians. IMHO, one of the worst things to occur in this country recently is the evangelical revolution which brought about the Moral Majority, the Christian Coalition Network, and more recently, the Moral Majority Coalition. Personally, I disagree with the majority of what they stand for. The media gives these groups so much air time that people overseas get the false impression that the majority of Americans think like them.
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>>Ok, that will probably stir up a hornets nest!
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