Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan -- who, as governor of California, had signed into law one of the most liberal abortion laws in the country -- began using the language from the new memo. Evangelicals threw their weight behind him, and voted in a bloc for the first time to elect President Reagan. The Religious Right was born. The face of the movement was the "pro-life and pro-family values" stance of millions, but the blood running through the movement's veins was the racism and greed of a few.
-- Glennon Doyle, Untamed, p. 242
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