Religious Right
What Religious Right means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Movement mobilised through groups such as the Moral Majority, which promoted traditional family values and campaigned against abortion and gay rights.
A conservative force whose rise formed part of the social change of the period and fuelled 'culture wars' over abortion, gay rights and drug use.
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