Jerry Falwell

to legitimize the decline of moral and ethic values in America. Within his explanation Falwell portrays the liberal institutions and media of America as the reason why religion has faded away and the younger generations have lost “respect for human life” (Falwell). The new technological advancements and social standards are eliminating the values of Americans. The only solution to this problem is to return to a conservative…

advanced their political agenda based off of faith and religion, taking over radio and television stations, organizing anti-liberal “mega churches,” and operating entire schools and universities. (pg. 1174) In 1979, religious conservative Reverend Jerry Falwell created a group titled the “Moral Majority,” a campaign that reflected the ideals and goals of the religious Right. (pg. 1174) These ideas included but were not limited to making abortion illegal, eliminating Darwinian evolution theories…

tougher on crime, lowering taxes for the wealthy, a return to Christian values. Due to the conservative views on divorce, abortion, gay rights, family values, the Republicans were able to in the support of religious groups backed by leaders like Jerry Falwell. The Republicans were also able to sway former Democratic blue collar…

In this (my favourite) reading of the course thus far, Carmen and Mary Lugo go into detail about how a few select films outline examples and portrayals of racialize anthropomorphism, socialization and heterosexism. They start by arguing that these films have a major influence on the children that watch them and their ideas of dominant social contexts. They say that “In a basic sense, the narratives embedded within these recent stories provide children (their primary target audience), and even…

both concealed and open carry in their offices). One college/university insists their students bring guns because of the shooting that happened there. “Days after two shooters killed 14 people and injured 22 others in San Bernardino, Calif., Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, stood in front of 10,000 students, faculty and staff and urged them to bring guns onto campus. In his back pocket, the president said onstage, he carried a small pistol”.…

The Age of Aids documentary contained many powerful scenes that expose the severity of aids and the political backlash that came with the issue of this new disease. One scene that particularly stuck out to me was a speech by Jerry Falwell who said “I believe when one breaks the laws of nature and the laws or moral decency and i do believe that homosexuality is moral perversion. when we go against nature and god of course is the creator of nature we therefore pay the prices for that.” Bumper…

for company’s success. Fliers then were stating Procter was donating 10 percent of its profits to a Satanic religion. These queries grew to about 12,000 a month asking about the relationship with the devil. Procter then wrote testaments to Rev. Jerry Falwell, leader of Moral Majority, and he believed Procter nor its owners had anything to do with Satanism or devil worshipping. However, queries grew to 15,000…

Falwell, established that actual malice (define?) did not apply to satire, because satirical material is obviously understood to be false by most individuals. In the Falwell case, Hustler Magazine printed an advertisement that used obvious hyperbole about a prominent minister and said he had sexual relations with his own mother in an outhouse…

Disability is seen as a myth with many different mythical ideas, but should we really believe everything we see or hear? In this article, the author addresses certain myths about disability. He mainly wants us to accept the fact that, “Normal” is also considered a myth and that disability itself is not automatically mythical either. Dolmage does this by drawing our attention to all the different myths he is proving wrong throughout this article. The main point of this article is to show how many…

Shapes and Patterns Standards: SOL 1.4 The student will create art work inspired by stories or poems, ideas, and themes. SOL 1.5 The student will create art from real and imaginary sources of inspiration. SOL 1.7 The student will identify and use the following in works of art: c) shape- geometric, organic d) pattern- alternating, repeating Taken from the VA First Grade Curriculum Framework found at:…