Word: fundamentalistism
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...subject of unpleasant expression, Reagan has said no such thing. Indeed, he has exerted all his political suasion to put the Humpty-Dumpty of traditional morality back together again. His Administration has aligned itself with Fundamentalist vigilantes, and it created a commission that studied and in 1986 condemned pornography. To hard-core Reaganites, Carlin's freedom of expression must translate as "air pollution." After all, the comedian's monologue about the "seven dirty words" provoked a 1978 Supreme Court case after a child heard those words on the radio 14 years ago. Had that boy earned the freedom...
...battleground was the U.S. Supreme Court, where the Justices decreed that a Louisiana law requiring that creationism be taught along with evolution in the public schools was unconstitutional. The 7-to-2 decision, strongly bolstering prior rulings maintaining the wall separating church and state, was a major setback for Fundamentalist Christians...
...that the Louisiana law was a valid attempt to let students decide "for themselves, based upon a fair presentation of the scientific evidence, about the origin of life." They attacked the majority for believing that any government requirements restricting the teaching of evolution "must be a manifestation of Christian Fundamentalist repression." The dissenters said this majority "predisposition" was "created by the facts and the legend" of the Scopes case...
...nation's largest Protestant body, the 14.6 million-member Southern Baptist Convention, last week overwhelmingly re-elected the Rev. Adrian Rogers, 54, pastor of a Memphis superchurch, as president. It was the ninth straight presidential win for the Fundamentalist faction, which has used the office to build power on the boards of S.B.C. schools and agencies...
...approval to the Peace Committee report, which endorsed inerrancy and chided seminaries for not hiring teachers who hold that view. Also passed was a recommendation that seminary boards "determine the theological positions" of current teachers. Faculty members expect new pressure on liberals. Warned Houston Judge Paul Pressler, the top Fundamentalist strategist: "We hope that all institutions will act with responsibility toward the people who pay their salaries...