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Falwell seemed to anticipate the risks of the Beck invitation when he noted in his statement that Liberty University has always held two end-of-year ceremonies -- a baccalaureate ceremony to confer degrees that "always includes a gospel message brought by someone who is in complete theological alignment with the university" and a separate commencement ceremony that "has always featured leaders from all walks of life and all faiths who share the university's social values and traditional family values."

"Commencement speakers," he noted, "have included representatives from the following faiths: Roman Catholicism, Judaism, mainline Protestant denominations such as the Episcopal Church, and even some speakers with no religious affiliation at all."

While I'm not too sure I am real comfortable with that set-up, there ARE two events - the official ceremony where degrees are conferred has a "tradition" gospel-preaching, theologically-aligned message. The secondary event is more of a motivational event for the new grads - and apparently has included keynote speakers from a variety of walks. While somewhat dangerous - the second event isn't so much focused on the religious aspects of the grads' future, but on society and making an impact.

While I don't agree with mormonism, and would never ask a Mormon to occupy the pulpit at our church, Beck speaks of "his faith" and sounds so very "mainstream Christian". IN fact, many of handful of faith-related statements I have heard him make don't necessarily line up with the tennants of Mormanism.