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Why Are So Many Christians Conservative?

Mike Lux, AlterNet. May 19, 2010.

How can people who claim to be followers of Jesus be political conservatives?

Falwell Power Play: Jerry's Liberty University Students Grease the Partisan Political Machine in Virginia

Joseph L. Conn, Church and State. November 6, 2009.

Falwell spent months developing the students at his university into a Republican voting bloc. But was what he did legal?

The Nightmare of Christianity: How Religious Indoctrination Led to Murder

Max Blumenthal, The Nation. September 14, 2009.

The authoritarian culture of the Christian right pushed a deeply disturbed young man named Matthew Murray over the edge.

Looking Back on the Day I Won Over Jerry Falwell

Jerry Sloan, AlterNet. July 14, 2009.

Falwell, in the height of his Moral Majority days, was in San Francisco to harass the Democrats and the fairies of San Francisco.

Colbert Reminds Us of McCain's Embrace of Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell [VIDEO]

Manila Ryce, The Largest Minority. March 22, 2008.

Colbert on McCain: "The man is such a maverick, he's even independent of his own feelings."

Jerry Falwell Jr. Gets Caught Breaking Federal Tax Law with Huckabee Endorsement

Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone. December 6, 2007.

Steven Reynolds: Now, will anything really be done about this? Will FoxNews mount a "War on Liberty U" campaign to try to protect Falwell?

"Friend of Falwell" Minister Dies During Bizarre Sex Play

Paddy, October 9, 2007.

Paddy: An Alabama minister who died in June of "accidental mechanical asphyxia" was found hogtied and wearing two complete wet suits.

Will the Christian Progressives Please Stand Up?

Guest Blogger, May 29, 2007.

Howie Klein: Jerry Falwell's death may have created an opening for more reasonable religious voices to come through.

Diary of a Christian Terrorist

Guest Blogger, May 24, 2007.

Max Blumenthal: Inside the mind of the Liberty University student who planned to kill protestors at Jerry Falwellâ€™s funeral.

Ghost of Falwell Haunts The GOP [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, May 18, 2007.

Rachel Maddow thinks that now that Falwell's dead Republicans can finally replace Reagan as their favorite icon.

Christopher Hitchens rips Jerry Falwell to shreds [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, May 17, 2007.

He may be ridiculously wrong about the war but Hitchens is seriously right about Falwell.

Republican Candidates Pander to Religious Right, Praise Falwell Legacy

John Nichols, The Nation. May 15, 2007.

Republican presidential contenders will be stumbling over one another tonight, as they debate in South Carolina, to curry favor with the religious right by expressing their sorrow at the passing of the Rev. Jerry Falwell.