Paul Weyrich

Randall Balmer on why racism, not abortion, birthed the religious right

By Yonat Shimron — September 22, 2021
(RNS) — In his new book, he shows it was government interference in ‘segregation academies’ such as Bob Jones University that sparked the growth of the religious right. Opposition to abortion was an afterthought.

How abortion unified Catholics and evangelicals to become a power on the right

By Steven Waldman — May 7, 2019
(RNS) — Abortion politics thawed relations between conservative Catholics and Protestants and indirectly strengthened religious freedom in the United States.
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