Christian Coalition

Oregon Voters Defeat Measure 9, Anti-LGBTQ Constitutional Amendment Backed by Christian Right

1992-11-03 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

Oregon voters defeat Ballot Measure 9 by a margin of 56.5 percent to 43.5 percent, rejecting what has been described as “one of the most comprehensive and harshest anti-gay measures put to voters in American history.” The initiative, sponsored by the Oregon Citizens Alliance (OCA) and …

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Christian Coalition Founded - Grassroots Religious Right Electoral Infrastructure

1989-09-25 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On September 25, 1989, at an organizational meeting in Atlanta, Pat Robertson founded the Christian Coalition following his unsuccessful 1988 Republican presidential bid. Robertson recruited Ralph Reed, a twenty-eight-year-old doctoral student in history at Emory University, as the …

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