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Should their financial resources be well, 71, said the organization will have three threatened, this time the public fight by these goals: “confinnation of pro-life, strict construc self-described moral saviors might more resemble jackals fighting for scraps on the tionist U.S. Supreme Court justices and other federal judges; passage of a constitutional Feder Discovery Channel. al Marriage Amendment; and election of The past quarter-century has earned Falwell another socially, fiscally and politically conserv some seriously negative baggage. As the AIDS crisis emerged in the early ’80s, he was a leader ative president in 2008.” in demonizing all infected with the disease. His Falwell founded the Moral Majority in 1979; at its peak, he claimed an organization of remarks, and those of allies like Gary Bauer, more than 100,000 pastors, priests and rabbis played a huge role in blocking funds for research and nearly 7 million families. He once said, and educational efforts to fight the disease. “Many historians believe the result was the When they began using God as the hammer election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 and the on people with AIDS, less than 1,000 had been genesis of what the media calls the ‘religious diagnosed with the disease. As 2004 began, the right.’ ” United Nations and the World Health Organi In the November election, Falwell noted, zation estimate 37 million adults and 2.5 mil pollsters credit 30 million with lion children younger voting “their moral convic than 15 are living tions,” which he translates to with HIV/AIDS. mean, “They voted Christian.” They estimate 5 mil lion acquired HIV in As national chairman of the new coalition, he said, 2003. Two and a half “I am committed to lending my million adults and influence to help send out at half a million chil least 40 million evangelical vot dren younger than 15 ers in 2008.” died just last year. Falwell added, “We will be More than 20 organizing in all 50 states and years ago, Falwell and enlisting and training millions his cohorts were of Americans to become part blaming gay men for ners in this exciting task of spreading the disease. bringing this nation back to the Today, Americans moral values of faith and family can look back at the on which it was founded." He history of this pan said his newspaper, The National demic. Falwell was a Liberty Journal, “will serve as a Jerry Falwell enjoying a ride down a leader—like one of springboard for this great effort.” water slide, 1987 the top five people in For Falwell to give the Moral the world—blocking Majority a face-lift should be no surprise, espe- i efforts to educate and fund even the most basic daily reviewing this past election. If nothing forms of research. else, he knows full well this rainbow leads to a His goal is 40 million voters in the 2008 pot filled with cash, if not gold. That’s a sure election. Today, 40 million people are infected thing, if he accomplishes nothing else. around this world with HIV and AIDS. The sta While Falwell would appear to be king of the tistical irony might give new meaning to the Christians, appearances can be deceiving. In his phrase “moral values." own analysis, he credited James Dobson of For most reasonable people, nothing quite Focus on the Family, Donald Wildmon of the compares with the total lack of responsibility American Family Association, D. James shown Sept. 13, 2001, when Falwell was a guest Kennedy of Coral Ridge Ministries, John Hagee on Robertson’s The 700 Club. He said, “I really of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio and the believe that the pagans and the abortionists and Internet news site Arlington Group for the the feminists and the gays and the lesbians who “Christian” voter turnout. are actively trying to make that an alternative Significant is the absence of Pat Robertson, lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American founder of his competing Christian Coalition. Way, all of them who have tried to secularize For the politically savvy Falwell, this was not an America—I point the finger in their face and oversight. In 1988 Robertson stole the thunder say, ‘You helped this happen.’ ” from Falwell and the Moral Majority with his What happened was the attack on the own bid for president. World Trade Center. Falwell’s snub could also be sparked by Who needs enemies, to apply the overused comments made by Robertson while on a book phrase to the Bush White House. In fact, to tour just days before the November election. emphasize the point, Falwell said in his He implied that Bush told him before the Iraq announcement, “Over the past few days, war that there would be no real U.S. casualties. I have been inundated with requests from In a statement released last month in across America to ‘finish what you started 25 Newsweek Dobertson said he called the Bush years ago.’ ”jm campaign offering to do damage control. Robertson said: “They told me: ‘Don’t say any ALLEN W hite is a Son Francisco free-lance thing. Nothing at all.” writer.
