Christian right Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Opposition to drugs=== {{Further|Woman's Christian Temperance Union|List of anti-cannabis organizations}} The Christian right has historically supported the [[temperance movement]], thus supporting causes such as maintaining [[blue laws|Sunday blue laws]], adding [[alcohol packaging warning messages]] to bottles and limiting alcohol advertising.<ref name="RozellGreenJelenWilcox2003">{{cite book |last1=Rozell |first1=Mark J. |last2=Green |first2=John Clifford |last3=Jelen |first3=Ted G. |last4=Rozell |first4=Mark J. |last5=Wilcox |first5=Clyde |title=The Christian Right in American Politics: Marching to the Millennium |date=2003 |publisher=[[Georgetown University Press]] |isbn=978-0-87840-393-6 |page=258 |language=en|quote=The temperance movement is the clearly identifiable origin of the contemporary Christian Right in Maine. The Maine Christian Civic League (MCCL)βthe principal Christian Right group in the state began as a temperance organization in}}</ref> It has advocated for the [[prohibition of drugs]] and has opposed efforts to legalize marijuana.<ref name="Rainey2013">{{cite web |last1=Rainey |first1=Clint |title=Is the Religious Right's Powerful Opposition to Drugs Finally Fading? |url=https://slate.com/technology/2013/01/colorado-drug-legalization-and-evangelicals-why-didnt-religious-right-fight-marijuana-amendment.html |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |access-date=October 6, 2020 |language=en |date=January 4, 2013}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page