re: What are the origins of the Religious Right.. really?

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The new wave of the 'religious right' has risen up as a reactionary force against the concurrent rise of the Secular Left.

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I agree with this. It's really quite simple.

The evangelical influence in politics has traditionally been liberal--antislavery, conservationism, etc.

The challenges to formal school prayer, followed by the sexual revolution, pushed evangelicals away from the left.

Whether the secular left is in fact pernicious and degrading is a matter of opinion, but it's definitely an opinion the religious right holds and it's THE reason for the schism with liberals.