The Rev. Jerry Falwell
May 15
The Baptist preacher, whose founding of the Moral Majority helped spur a Christian conservative movement that is reverberating in the 2008 presidential campaign, is remembered as both a uniter and a divider. It was a sign of Falwell's clout that Senator John McCain -- who during his 2000 presidential campaign referred to Falwell as evil and intolerant -- appeared with the Christian leader last year at Liberty University.
Archive 5/16/07 Leader of Moral Majority dies at 73
May 15
The Baptist preacher, whose founding of the Moral Majority helped spur a Christian conservative movement that is reverberating in the 2008 presidential campaign, is remembered as both a uniter and a divider. It was a sign of Falwell's clout that Senator John McCain -- who during his 2000 presidential campaign referred to Falwell as evil and intolerant -- appeared with the Christian leader last year at Liberty University.
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