religious conservatives in the 1970s

Religious conservatives in the 1970s began to form alliances with other conservatives .

Explanation:

Before 1970’s people believed that religion was not be associated with politics as they had a thought that politics was dirty. In the 1960’s the nation witnessed few changes like no compulsory school prayer and legalizing abortion.

These issues made the people of religion to feel that the Christian value in the country was deteriorating.  After which in 1970’s the religious rights came to prominence and they wanted religious people to address the social issues. They wanted to elect politicians who could inculcate and respect moral values among the citizens.

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