Jerry Falwell

(noun)

An American evangelical fundamentalist Southern Baptist pastor, televangelist, and conservative political commentator; the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia, and cofounder of the Moral Majority in 1979.

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Examples of Jerry Falwell in the following topics:

  • The Religious Right

    • Notable leaders and groups within the Religious Right are Robert Grant's advocacy group Christian Voice, Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority, Ed McAteer's Religious Roundtable Council, James Dobson's Focus on the Family, and Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network.
    • The birth of the New Christian right, however, is usually traced to a 1979 meeting where televangelist Jerry Falwell was urged to create a "Moral Majority" organization.
    • Jerry Falwell's founding of the Moral Majority was a key step in the formation of the New Christian Right.

  • The Ford Administration

    • Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the thirty-eighth President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and prior to this the fortieth Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974.

  • The Election of 1980

    • Many were evangelical Christians, like those who joined Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority, and opposed the legalization of abortion, the feminist movement, and sex education in public schools.

  • Clinton and Domestic Policy

    • Jerry Brown and Bill Clinton later expressed regret over the portions of the measure that led to increased prison population, such as the "three strikes" provision.

  • Tenements and Overcrowding

    • Additionally, beginning as early as the 1830s on the Lower East Side in New York City, people lived in jerry-built three- and four-floor "railroad flats" (so called because the rooms were linked together like a train) with windowless internal rooms.