Falwell hints gay rights support (and hell must be freezing over!)

[kweerwolf]

On Aug. 5, during an appearance on MSNBC's "The Situation with Tucker Carlson," Falwell raised eyebrowns when he said he was not troubled by reports that nominee John Roberts had done volunteer legal work for gay rights activists on the case Romer vs. Evans.

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Falwell, who in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, blamed the terrorist attacks on "the pagans, the abortionists, and the feminists and the gays and lesbians," and who describes himself as "very conservative," told Carlson that if he were a lawyer, he too would argue for civil rights for gays.

"I may not agree with the lifestyle," Falwell said. "But that has nothing to do with the civil rights of that … part of our constituency."

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When Carlson countered that conservatives, "are always arguing against 'special rights' for gays," Falwell said that equal access to housing and employment are basic rights, not special rights.

http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=2202

[patrice]

1. I think we are seeing some "good cop/bad cop" strategies

coming out of that camp now. Getting on both sides of the issue, like dodson and frist on stem cells, so they can point at each other and claim tolerance for their respective factions. They're trying to have their cake and eat it too.

Don't believe a word of it for one minute. It's all political necessity.

[closeupready]

4. exactly

eom

[patrice]

7. Hello closeup, welcome to DU!

Solidarity!

[susanna]

2. Maybe his near-death experience

back a few months ago might have set his mind on the afterlife and what might happen then? If not, he's trying to tone down the fundamentalist ivy that is overtaking the GOP house and scaring the !#@$% out of normal folks. One or the other, I guess.

As someone who believes people can (and do) change, I hope for the former.

[Meldread]

3. Too bad...

Too bad when Jerry saw the light he just didn't keep going. (Or maybe it was the tortured screams his dead followers in hell he heard...)

[GodlessBiker]

5. It's like Sofia on the Golden Girls. The aged say what they really mean.

[davidinalameda]

6. didn't Sofia have a stroke or something

maybe Jerry does have brain damage--it would answer a lot of my questions about him

[pepperbear]

8. any chance

that he actually visited that site that won the right to use falwell.com as it's domain name?