Religious right

Overview

"The religious right" is shorthand for an informal alliance of conservative and evangelical/"fundamentalist" groups in the United States.

They claim to be working towards the improvement of morality in American society, but their idea of what constitutes "morality" seems to be extremely poor; of all the religious groups and all the right-wing groups, the religious right seems to have the very worst grasp of morality. Religious right groups have shown that they are willing to use virtually any form of rhetorical deception – up to and including outright lies – in the service of this supposed morality; current examples include the religious right's ongoing fights against evolution and homosexuality.

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Many (though perhaps not all) members of the religious right could also be described as Christofascists.

Groups

there are many more groups than listed here

Campus Crusade for Christ, founded(?) by Bill Bright
The Council for National Policy, founded by Tim LaHaye
Focus on the Family, founded(?) by James Dobson
The Moral Majority

Links

Reference

Crooks And Liars

Projects

Bay of Fundie "Keeping the Radical Right at Bay" (punning reference to "Fundies", i.e. religious fundamentalists, and the Bay of Fundy)

Books

Liars for Jesus (partial content online)

Filed Links

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Quotes

Quotes From the Religious Right (mostly from Pat Robertson but including a few others such as Ralph Reed): a good example of the bad religion found far too much within the religious right