This just in, from the Dept. of My, How Times Have Changed.
The late Jerry Falwell built his career by building the Moral Majority, which he more or less disbanded in 1989, saying it had accomplished its goals. Even without the actual organization, Falwell and others always claimed that there was a Nixonesque silent majority out there who support traditional Judeo-Christian values.
Obviously a lot has changed since then, but in a sign of just how much, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Al Mohler is now talking — openly — about a “Moral Minority.”
