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Being told to shut up by Bush operatives is
■ cracked up to be, President Bush’s re-
sufficient reason to leave Robertson off Falwell’s
F election gets him one of the last things
list. It is also an indication of the conflict
he might hope for. Namely, evangelist
between religious radicals. Keeping the lid on
Jerry Falwell has announced the resur the theological infighting could be much more
problematic in 2004 than in 1979.
rection of the Moral Majority.
The newly fonned Faith and Values Coali
History has shown these guys understand
moral values are tied much more to profit than
tion will have his son, Jonathan, as executive
director and will be based in Lynchburg, Va. Fal to prayer. 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.