Talk:Jerry Falwell

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This page needs improvement to do justice to Rev. Falwell.

I rolled back the liberal gossip about Falwell and Rev. Moon. It's nothing more than a smear effort of the sort we don't allow under our rules. Falwell is not an adherent of Rev. Moon's church and Falwell is entitled to do business just like everyone else. The smear was unsupported by a credible resource.

Be fair to Christians and everyone else here.--Aschlafly 22:16, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

Also I'm not sure that rotten.com is a "reliable" source. Cracker_talk 22:18, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

My addition to this article is based on fact, not opinion. Critics do indeed attack Falwell's connection the Unification Church. This is not an attack or "smear" on Christians in general but a verifiable fact about the controversy surrounding a public figure. Opposing viewpoints supported by citations are welcome, but this is tantamount to censorhip. Rotten has an admitted liberal bias but all their info in this instance is credible and independently verifiable.

--Hektor 22:22, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

I'm going to edit this article over the next couple days. Falwell has been a tremendous educator, and his efforts deserve more than this. Stay tuned! --Thammersmith 21:12, 10 April 2007 (EDT)

I'm not sure why my changes were reverted. Jerry Falwell has ties to Republican causes and the Moral Majority is a part of the Religious Right, not the Religious right. For instance the Christian Coalition is part of the Religious Right as well. Learn together 01:58, 9 May 2007 (EDT)

(Belated question) How is it a "smear" to link Falwell and Moon? Has Rev. Moon done something wrong? (Apart from not accepting Young Earth creationism, I mean ;-) --Ed Poor 16:30, 15 May 2007 (EDT)

Just passed away

CCN just reported his death today.--TimS 13:39, 15 May 2007 (EDT)

Someone commented out his support for apartheid. Not sure why as it's factual and documented. I removed the comment block around it...apologies for the double edit.

Jerry Falwell was frequently misquoted and misinterpreted by anti-Christian enemies. Don't expect any unsourced, biased and misleading information, motivated by anti-Christian animus, to be allowed here.--Aschlafly 16:20, 15 May 2007 (EDT)

My Civil Procedure professor represented Larry Flynt in his successful defense of Falwell's suit before the Supreme Court. He also played Falwell's attorney (switching sides) in the film version of the trial. Fun stuff. -Speaker 16:38, 15 May 2007 (EDT)

South Africa and apartheid

Time magazine, Monday, Sep. 02, 1985:

• Falwell opposes apartheid, but professed faith that Botha will dismantle the system eventually, if only everyone is patient. [1]

I stand corrected. I'll update changes to reflect this. Stompum

• Page is locked. Mods please remove the line about Falwell's support for Apartheid.

Sept 11 comments

Why were these deleted? They're important, widely publicized, etc. I can't imagine anything other than censorship - that hallmark of Wikipedia - that would compel you to leave his unpopular side out of the article.-Speaker 17:13, 15 May 2007 (EDT)

When will you revert to re-include his Sept 11th comments?-Speaker 17:44, 15 May 2007 (EDT)

I believe that in the Nancy Pelosi article there is a section about her marching in the same group as a NAMBLA member. Seems very biased and one-sided to leave that part in there, but then take out any mention of Falwell's hateful statements on 9-11 because it might make him look bad. Prof0705 17:52, 15 May 2007 (EDT)

Quotes

Here's a website (I know it's biased, but the quotes are accurate): http://home.att.net/~jrhsc/devil.html

You can form your own opinion about him, I don't care what you think, but I just thought it might be helpful to create an opinion on him (to conservatives: look for the two anti-semitic quotes.) MiddleMan