Jerry Falwell

Ronald Reagan Elected President, Conservative Infrastructure Achieves Powell Memo Goals

1980-11-04 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

Ronald Reagan wins the presidency in a 44-state Electoral College landslide, marking the triumph of the conservative infrastructure deliberately built over nine years in response to the Powell Memo blueprint. Reagan’s victory demonstrates the effectiveness of coordinated institutional power …

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Schlafly and Falwell Joint Rally Demonstrates Religious Right Coalition Unity

1980-06-30 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Phyllis Schlafly and Jerry Falwell headline an ‘I Love America—Stop ERA Rally’ in front of the Illinois state capitol, publicly demonstrating the emerging unity of the Religious Right coalition that Schlafly had been building since 1972. The rally symbolizes a historic breakthrough: the …

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Moral Majority Founded - Corporate Agenda Masked by Religious Cultural Warfare

1979-06-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

In June 1979, Paul Weyrich and Jerry Falwell founded the Moral Majority during a meeting at a Holiday Inn in Lynchburg, Virginia, with Weyrich coining the term “moral majority.” The organization represented a strategic alliance between corporate interests and religious conservatives, …

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