LYNCHBURG, Va. �?? The Rev. Jerry Falwell, the television evangelist who founded the Moral Majority and used it to mold the religious right into a political force, died Tuesday shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University. He was 73.
The passing of the Reverend Jerry Falwell is marked here at Bull’s Pasture with some sadness. In years past – more than I care to recall – Jerry and I were often found with our horns locked in near-mortal combat over matters of Faith and Freedom of Religion.
Now my old adversary is dead.
My condolences go out to Jerry’s family, the students of Liberty University, and the residents of Lynchburg, VA. The Bull knows he will be truly missed.
As for abortion, one area where I necessarily didn’t agree with him, at least give him credit for putting his and his followers money where his and their mouths were, by establishing homes for unwed teen mothers so they could have their babies, which he then found good homes for, or tried to.
He did some bad and sure said some crazy shit, for sure, but common human decency suggests his passing should be mourned.