"Godfather of Religious Right" dies at 78

[Dob Bole]

First of all, be nice. I don't want to see a bunch of people insulting the dead. But here's the story:


Religious Right pioneer Ed McAteer dead at 78

By Robert Marus

WASHINGTON (ABP) -- A Southern Baptist layman credited as the "godfather" of the modern Religious Right is dead at age 78.

Ed McAteer died after a long battle with myeloma, a form of cancer, on the morning of Oct. 6 at his home in Memphis, Tenn. His wife, Faye, was with him when he died.

In the late 1970s, McAteer became convinced that the nation was on a declining moral trajectory. He left a successful career as a salesman and executive with Colgate-Palmolive to enter political advocacy.

He soon became one of the driving forces in convincing Jerry Falwell, the conservative Baptist television preacher, to get involved in politics in the late 1970s. McAteer -- along with Religious Right activists Paul Weyrich, Paul Viguerie and Howard Phillips -- helped Falwell found the Moral Majority in 1979.

Although the Moral Majority no longer exists, it was the first major organization encouraging fundamentalist Protestants to get involved in secular politics.

http://www.abpnews.com/news/news_detail.cfm?NEWS_ID=277

[ComerPerro]

1. Just wondering why I should care at all

[hang a left]

2. Good freakin-riddance. n/t

[ProdigalJunkMail]

4. that didn't take long n/t

[non sociopath skin]

3. Okay. I hear what you say. No comment. Whatsoever.

The Skin

PS Was this guy ever mean to any dead people?

[TahitiNut]

5. Air pollution or soil pollution?

In other words, cremated or buried? :evilgrin:

[amber dog democrat]

6. Never heard of this person

I won't miss him. One of my favorite defunct sayings was " The Moral Majority is neither". We would not have been friends. Still rest in peace, I suppose.

[ComerPerro]

7. That's a great line