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First off, I never said Falwell wrote the article in question, nor did I say that Falwell himself invented the "Tinky Winky was gay" hubbub. What I said was that Fallwell aggravated an already lousy situation, and that it was equally wrong for him to drag his biases into the children's programming as it was for the gay rights groups (or gay-friendly writers in the Washington Post).

I never said that Falwell thought himself to be either God or the President, but rather that I think him a fool, an extremist, and a proponent of government censorship over media (the Hustler thing).

And You're right; a plane needs both a left and a right wing to fly. I usually take my place on the right side of the plane (80% of the time), But both wings are equally off-base whenever homosexuality is addressed (Really people, IT'S NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE!)

Then, apparently, it is your opinion that a "wrong" is committed when: after reading literature on a subject, someone issues their concerns to others that an innocent child's exposure to possible immoral or unnatural behaviors, via a Trojan Horse, may be--one of many--"change agents" leading to acceptance of those immoral or unnatural behaviors?

And it is equally "wrong" to voice a belief that, through those deceitful means, an immoral agenda is being, or may be, propagated against innocent children? This after it is known that children are and have been targets of influence by the media (for various reasons) and the educational system, for decades.

Surely, you jest that Jerry Falwell is aggravating any "situation" by expressing to his congregation his concerns on children's programming. The situation was CREATED because Falwell dared to allow what printed to print. BTW, over the years, I have also expressed my concerns about various children's programs, to lots of people.

As I earlier posted, however, Jerry Falwell did not write the article and never watched the programs in question. That he "allowed" the article to be printed does not make what he did "wrong."

Do I agree with or follow Jerry Falwell? No. Does he have strong beliefs. Sounds like it. Do you? Sure sounds like it. Do I agree with you? Apparently not. I bet my strong beliefs, your strong beliefs, and his don't coincide at all. But that's not a qualifier for "fool." Just a disagreement, maybe quite a few.

An extremist: of course, that's a subjective term. In this instance, it's also a pejorative term. By what standard are you comparing "extreme?" (Just want to know....because, by someone else's standard, Falwell might be extreme left on certain issues and moderate on others---which extremes, BTW, are we discussing?)

As far as his being a proponent of censorship, this make him a bad person because he wants pornographic material to stop flowing so freely? I don't think so. And there's lot of other people, even those who aren't religious leaders, who believe it is wrong to have internet pornography, and various other sundries, falling into the hands of children (and others)....especially on the internet at school libraries.