1. The recent Jerry Falwell scandal got me thinking about how different Falwell's handling of this has been from the old clerical sleazeballs of yore like Jimmy Swaggart & Jim Baker. Does anyone remember the "I have sinned" speech?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1OXAi7rNMg …
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“evangelicals did not support Mr. Trump in spite of who he is. They supported him because of who he is, and because of who they are. He is their protector, the bully who is on their side, the one who offered safety amid their fears that their country as they know it,.....”
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Along with Posner, Kristin DuMez’s Jesus and John Wayne (Liveright, 2020) explores in depth the sexual politics of evangelicals and shares the conclusion that backing Trump is not a failure, but a feature of their convictions.
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Maybe, but doesn't this confirm that Falwell supported Trump because he was being blackmailed? Or in exchange for help in covering up his "indiscretions", if you want to put a nicer spin on it?
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Junior Falwell is barely religious. He's in the religion industry. Junior Graham is better at hiding it and less of a dumb hedonist. They're family businesses who faced dynastic succession and had to choose between the preacher son (Jonathan) or the corporate son (Junior).
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Of course, Jerry Jr. isn't actually a man of the cloth, so that adds a new dimension to the formula.
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