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'''Jerry Falwell''' is a politically active [[United States|American]] evangelical.
'''Jerry Falwell''' is a politically active [[United States|American]] evangelical.
Falwell is well known outside of Evangelical circles for his claim, made on "The 700 Club" on September 13th of 2001 that it was not just [[al Qaeda]] that was to blame for the terrorist attacks of [[9/11]]. He said, ""I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'" In the uproar that followed Falwall retracted his statement. <ref>CNN article on the statement[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/14/Falwell.apology/]</ref>
Falwell is well known outside of Evangelical circles for his claim, made on "The 700 Club" on September 13th of 2001 that it was not just [[al Qaeda]] that was to blame for the terrorist attacks of [[9/11]]. He said, ""I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'" In the uproar that followed Falwell issued an ambiguous retraction<ref>CNN article on the statement[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/14/Falwell.apology/]</ref> that left many unsatisfied{{fact}}.
==Scandals==
Falwell, like his friend and fellow evangelical [[Pat Robertson]], is known for making controversial statements, and has been accused of being party to a less-than-reputable business transaction with the head of the [[Unification Church]], Reverend [[Sun Myung Moon]]. Falwell had been a long-time critic of Moon, comparing to "the plague"<ref>[http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/religion/cult/sun-myung-moon/ RL Entry: Sun Myung Moon]</ref>. But critics point out that Falwell's harsh opinion of Moon softened considerably after Moon made a $3.5 million donation to Falwell's [[Liberty College]] in a time of serious financial troubles, with Falwell making a public appeal for President [[Ronald Regean]] to pardon Moon after he was sent to prison for tax evasion<ref>[http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/religion/televangelists/jerry-falwell/ RL Entry: Jerry Falwell]</ref>.
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