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Witness History: Ronald Reagan and the Moral Majority

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Ronald Reagan and the Moral Majority

29/10/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Ronald Reagan and the Moral Majority

How US religious conservatives organised in the 1970s to get Republicans elected.

How US religious conservatives organised in the 1970s to get Republicans elected into office.

In June 1979 the Moral Majority was launched and changed the course of American politics. It was set up to promote family values by religious conservatives from Catholic, Jewish and evangelical Christian communities. It urged protestants in particular to go against the tradition of separating politics and religion and register to vote, and to vote Republican. Richard Viguerie was one of the driving forces behind the movement. He spoke to Claire Bowes in 2016.

(Photo: Ronald Reagan with Richard Viguerie in Atlanta, Georgia, 1975, courtesy of ConservativeHQ.com)

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