SOCIOL 3U03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 67: Jerry Falwell, Equal Rights Amendment, Moral Majority
29 Nov 2016
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Pro-family movement (the religious right) began in the 1970s and has a conservative political agenda and a (primarily evangelical) christian identity. Their religious perspective informs their political goals, such as legalizing prayer in school and criminalizing abortion. Pro-family activists advocate ending medical research that uses stem cells, and eliminating some topics from being discussed in schools. This movement is big in the us, where is was born. From the 1930-1960s, evangelical christians were interested in withdrawing from politics itself/immoral secular influences. Wanted to build alternative social networks, religious and educational institutes as a shield from the cultural differences of the outside world. Parts of school curriculum were contentious to this group, even before the introduction of sex ed. Retreated from the outside world and built private independent schools, libraries, etc that supported their ideologies. Two important grass root movements proceeded the pro-family movement and influenced it. Phyllis schlafly"s fightagainst the equal rights amendment of the early 1970s.
