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Jerry Falwell, a Baptist and a Southerner (although not, until late in his life, a member of the S.B.C.), created the Moral Majority to propound the idea that most Americans believed as he did.

We feel psychological distress when we are compelled to act against, witness or fail to prevent actions that conflict with our moral beliefs. I find myself struggling emotionally and ethically in ...