Noun
United States political faction that advocates social and political conservativism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools
Source: WordNetAdherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics. Christopher Lasch
When you try to figure out what the religious right is, it ultimately comes down either to one man, Pat Robertson, or anyone who believes in a higher being and wants their taxes cut. Ann Coulter
Myself, I have never seen a bumper sticker saying "Hate if you Love Jesus", but I sometimes wonder why not. It would be a good slogan for the religious Right. Simon Blackburn
I bid you farewell, sincerely wishing, that as men and christians, ye may always fully and uninterruptedly enjoy every civil and religious right. Thomas Paine
The country has become much more conservative, partly because it's been taken over by the religious right. Bill Maher
In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings, no attempts to woo the Religious Right. Few of Lincoln's countrymen knew anything at all of his religious beliefs. David Herbert Donald