So Jerry Falwell is dead
Jerry Falwell- founder of the Moral Majority and in a sense of the Christian Right itself- is dead, his many faults covered by the blood of Christ and the considerable good he did well worth remembering.
Despite the infamous Tele-Tubbies nonsense and the other occasions upon which Falwell went well over the top, he was one of the most outspoken and visible advocates the cause of social conservatism had. He took a great many hits for the team, in an age often less interested in substantial dialog on controversial issues than in indentifying those who take unfashionable positions as bigots and/or fools.
Again, Falwell crossed the line between advocacy of socially conservative positions and counter-productive nonsense more than once. I was never really comfortable with the man; he was not someone I could easily see as a spokesman for my position. But he said many more things that needed saying than those few that were better left unsaid, and he's worthy of being remembered with gratitude
Despite the infamous Tele-Tubbies nonsense and the other occasions upon which Falwell went well over the top, he was one of the most outspoken and visible advocates the cause of social conservatism had. He took a great many hits for the team, in an age often less interested in substantial dialog on controversial issues than in indentifying those who take unfashionable positions as bigots and/or fools.
Again, Falwell crossed the line between advocacy of socially conservative positions and counter-productive nonsense more than once. I was never really comfortable with the man; he was not someone I could easily see as a spokesman for my position. But he said many more things that needed saying than those few that were better left unsaid, and he's worthy of being remembered with gratitude
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