Moral Majority

==Challenges to the Moral Majority==
By 1987–88, the views of the Moral Majority were challenged widely and the organization started to crumble. With its waning support, critics said "The Moral Majority is neither", meaning the organization was neither moral nor a majority. By 1988, there were serious cash flow problems and Falwell dismantled the organization in 1989.<ref>Utter, G., True, J.: ''Conservative Christians and Political Participation – A Reference Handbook.''. ABC Clio, Santa Barbara, California, 2004. p. 68. {{ISBN|1-85109-513-6}}</ref>

=== Bob Jones ===
During its existence the Moral Majority experienced friction with other evangelical leaders and organizations as well as liberal leaders and organizations. For example, [[Bob Jones III|Bob Jones]] particularly sought to challenge the public position of the Moral Majority and was known to make public statements that the Moral Majority was an instrument of Satan.<ref name="Allitt, Patrick 2003 p. 153"/>  Such rivalries affected the Moral Majority's grassroots efforts. In South Carolina, the Moral Majority had no presence because [[Bob Jones University]]'s religious network had already organized the state's independent Baptists.<ref>Vinson, C. Danielle and James L. Guth (2003). "Advance and Retreat in the Palmetto State: Assessing the Christian Right in South Carolina," ''The Christian Right in American Politics'', ed. John C. Green, et al., p. 23. Washington, D.C.: [[Georgetown University Press]]. {{ISBN|0-87840-393-0}}</ref> The [[Moral Majority#Presidential elections|tension between Falwell and Pat Robertson]] also affected the Moral Majority.

=== Norman Lear ===
On the ideologically opposed side, [[Norman Lear]]'s liberal organization [[People for the American Way]] was formed with the specific intention of opposing the platforms of the Moral Majority and other Christian Right organizations.<ref>Williams, Peter W. (1988). ''America's Religions'', p. 482. Princeton: Princeton University Press. {{ISBN|0-252-02663-2}}</ref>