{"id":505986,"date":"2017-02-07T17:59:07","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T17:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/jerry-falwell-jr\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:48","slug":"jerry-falwell-jr","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/jerry-falwell-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Falwell Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014<\/span>Resigned<\/a> in August of 2020 after posting a photo with his pants unbuttoned as he posed with a woman who is not his wife. Falwell was also accused of being involved in an affair involving his wife and another man.<\/p>\n

—<\/span>Wrote<\/a> of his university: \u201cLiberty University is pro-life and believes that marriage between one man and one woman provides the best environment for children. Liberty University will not lend its\u2019 name or financial support to any student group that advances causes contrary to its mission…. Liberty University will not lend its\u2019 name or financial support to undermine marriage or to promote abortion.\u201d [sic<\/em>]<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span>Along with his wife, made<\/a> transphobic and mocking comments insisting that they were raising their granddaughter \u201cas a girl.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span>Refused<\/a> to grant official club status to a Liberty University Democratic club because of the Democratic party\u2019s stances on marriage equality and reproductive freedom.<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span>Blurbed a book<\/a> about a man who supposedly \u201cgave up homosexuality for God\u201d by saying: \u201cIf ever a story needed to be told, this one does. Jonathan\u2019s frank and fearless testimony will serve to offer hope to those struggling with this sin and understanding for the rest of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span>Said<\/a> he\u2019s \u201calways thought that if more good people had concealed-carry permits, then we could end those Muslims before they walked in.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span>Insisted<\/a> Liberty University would stop participating in programs where the federal government barred them from discriminating against homosexuality: \u201cWe\u2019re now in a financial position that would allow us to simply exit the program.\u2026 If it became necessary, that\u2019s what we would do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":355,"featured_media":505987,"template":"","categories":[138754],"tags":[],"region":[138565],"hashtag":[138636,138635,138632,138637],"class_list":{"0":"post-505986","1":"gap","2":"type-gap","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"category-gaps","7":"region-national","8":"hashtag-anti-transgender","9":"hashtag-commentator","10":"hashtag-politics","11":"hashtag-religion"},"aioseo_notices":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t