Gods Christian Warriors - 2/4
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For the last 30 years, religion has exploded as a powerful political force, with an army of followers who share a deep dissatisfaction with modern secular society and a fierce determination to bring God and religion back to the seat of power.
We call them "God's Warriors", and will be investigating who they are, what they want and why they believe it's a battle they cannot afford to lose.
Now, God's Christian warriors -- the religious right in America -- have transformed the nation's landscape with a mix of faith and politics.
By the 1980 presidential election, the Moral Majority mobilized millions of voters. And while Ronald Reagan needed almost no help in his landslide victory over Jimmy Carter, with Falwell in the ring, 12 Democratic senators did lose their seats over issues like abortion. FALWELL: We just got everybody registered. We got them to the polls. And they pulled an R and went on down with Rs and 12 went liberal senators went out of business.
Suddenly, conservative Christians had become a political force portraying themselves then and now as an endangered species whose values were under attack. Issues would be cast in moral terms. Faith and politics would become inseparable.
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