Falwell

[fawl-wel]

noun

1. Jerry L., 1933–2007, U.S. evangelist and political activist.

Example Sentences

Like Kirk, Falwell was a staunch opponent of King, preaching against him and other civil rights leaders as “communists” who were “exploiting every incident to bring about violence and bloodshed.”

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Virginia, of course, is where Falwell lived and pastored the Thomas Road Baptist Church.

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Early in his career, Falwell gave a sermon in which he declared that integration “will destroy our race eventually,” warning that after school desegregation, legalized interracial marriage would be next.

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Falwell was wrong on the morals, but right on the facts.

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Falwell, which affirms parody and satire as protected speech and sprang from the Sullivan decision.

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