Argumentative Essay: The Christian Right

I think you and I are talking about different things when referring to the Christian right. The Christian right is a strong political movement that came into prominence at the end of the 70s and into the 80s, energized by the Roe v. Wade decision. There are those who say it goes back to a Brown v. Board of Education (desegregation) and the fight for whites only K-12 private schools to get tax-exempt status while discriminating. Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority ruled the roost for some time but James Dobson’s Focus on the Family (and later Family Research Council) added to the movement. Along came (white nationalist) Pat Robertson, Pat Buchanan and more recently Franklin Graham, who is significantly more militantly political than his father. We’ve seen add-ons such as the Homeschool Legal Defense Fund (yes, I used to pay in every year), which funnels into Patrick Harris College, preparing homeschool kids to go to Washington DC and lobby for the Christian right or attend law school. The Heritage Foundation is also in the mix. While Christians can and should participate in our democracy, we should be mindful of Christ’s statement that His kingdom is NOT of this world. The Christian Right wants to establish a

Core conflicts are over abortion, pornography, LGBT rights, and the role of religion in government. It has been interesting to watch how certain religious groups have handled this. Evangelical groups have strongly united with the Christian right groups, although certainly not all evangelical groups have. Surprisingly (to me), some more fundamentalist groups, like Baptists, have not joined hands. That may be because Baptists tend to be strong advocates for religious liberty and the separation of church and