The book Jerry Falwell and the Rise of the Religious Right by Matthew Avery Sutton describes the historical context behind Jerry Falwell and traditional Christian beliefs. Some of the issues and events that pushed Falwell and other conservative Christians to new forms of political activism in the second half of the 20th century were: sex education, abortion, and homosexuality. In 1961, evangelist and pastor Tim LaHaye worked to inform and rid the public. sex education program schools. In a letter he wrote to parents at one school, he said: "As a parent, a taxpayer and a Christian, you need to be informed of the devastating program of radical sex education currently being advocated by some educators across the country. America” (72). In this letter, LaHaye uses the word "devastating" to show how upset he truly was by this program. He then cited the Bible saying that sex was accepted in Christian beliefs and that it was not the problem. The problem was that the context in which education was provided was not from the Bible. LaHaye believed that because God had created...