Christian right

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The Christian right is a conservative political movement rooted in Christian beliefs that advocates traditional social values and often exerts significant influence within right-wing politics, particularly in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political movement
religious right
social movement
associatedWith Alliance Defending Freedom
American Family Association
Christian Coalition of America
Family Research Council
Focus on the Family
Moral Majority
coreIssue opposition to LGBT rights expansions
opposition to abortion
opposition to euthanasia
opposition to pornography
opposition to same-sex marriage
support for Israel
support for abstinence-only sex education
support for religious liberty claims
support for school prayer
support for traditional gender roles
countryOfFocus United States
emergedIn 1970s
fieldOfActivity United States politics
education policy
judicial politics
social policy
gainedProminenceIn 1980s
hasIdeology cultural conservatism
religious conservatism
right-wing politics
social conservatism
hasReligiousBasis Christianity
conservative Catholicism
evangelical Protestantism
fundamentalist Protestantism
influencedBy James Dobson
Jerry Falwell
linked to: Jerry Falwell Sr.

Pat Robertson
R. J. Rushdoony
influences Republican Party (United States)
linked to: Republican Party
opposes liberal social policies
secularism in public life
politicalPosition conservative
right-wing
supports public expression of Christianity
traditional family values
usesStrategy issue advocacy
litigation
lobbying
voter mobilization

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Christian democracy relatedTo Christian right
A Christian Directory hasPart Christian Politics
linked to: Christian right
Francis Schaeffer influenced Christian right in the United States
subject linked to: Schaeffer
linked to: Christian right
A Christian Manifesto influenced Christian Right in the United States
linked to: Christian right
Pat Robertson politicalIdeology Christian right
Michael Farris movement Christian homeschooling movement
linked to: Christian right
Anita Bryant movement Christian right