Catholics and the Moral Majority
THE MORAL MAJORITY campaigned vigorously during the 1980 elections for conservative candidates and conservative positions on social issues, rousing vehement denunciations from some and outraged protest from politicians it helped defeat. (“They did a very thorough job of beating my brains out with Christian love,” moaned ex-congressman John Buchanan.) This past September Senator Robert Packwood read aloud from a 400-page book … Read more