Monday, November 30, 2020

Museum Artifact: 1983 Moral Majority Coin Set in a Velvet Box

Troy Davis writes:

moral majority

The museum has many things related to Jerry Falwell (1933-2007) such as a 1996-97 Liberty University application package and a Moral Majority paperweight.  This is a really cool item that financial contributors to to the then-powerful, now-defunct pressure group of Reaganism, the Moral Majority. The group fit into Falwell's view of a macho Prince of Peace ("Jesus," Falwell told his flock, "wasn't a sissy"). The coins come in a cheap but showy velvet case.  Below is the cover of a Chick tract parody of Falwell I'm working on.

 

The Museum of Weird and Demented Religious Tracts is a project of Les Zazous Postmodern Art Galley of Bellaire, Ohio. Read the Welcome Statement of The Museum here.

For more on the gallery, check out the web site here and the gallery's Twitter handle is @ZazousLes.  The Twitter handle for the museum is @WeirdTracts

The index of tracts for the museum's website is here

Contributions of weird tracts to the museum can be made by mail: send your weird tracts to Les Zazous Postmodern Art Gallery 3475 Guernsey Street, Bellaire, Ohio 43906.


 

JERRY FALWELL
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