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    to the current scale without these sexual differences. Instead of the desire for uniformity‚ Schlafly encourages the recognition and benefit from diversity. Jerry Falwell’s 1980 article‚ “Jerry Falwell Sees a Threat to the American Family” discusses just that—a quickly emerging attack on the idealisms of American families. According to Falwell‚ family is the basis of society and has allowed the nation to maintain prosperous. Since the 1960s‚ however‚ conditions have shifted. Through the broadcasting

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    Falwell was staunchly pro-American and utilized his political power to recruit potential members. While Conservative Evangelical Christians were the chief supporters of the sentiments expressed by this organization‚ and therefore composed of most of its members‚ Falwell “invited all "morally conservative" Americans who believed in its tenets‚ including orthodox Jews‚ and Mormons to join

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    shows that a man who is entitled power can still be very biased towards their own ideas and beliefs. The film is a very accurate portrayal of the true events since the film is based in part on the U.S. Supreme Court case Hustler Magazine v. Falwell. The United States

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    control what is sold in stores. Larry hires a lawyer when he learns he is being taken to court. He ends up with Alan Isaacman‚ a young lawyer who defends him from the beginning to his most famous case. The primary case involving Reverend Jerry Falwell‚ who is suing Flynt for defaming him in one of Hustlers’ ads. After Flynt was released on bail‚ he stated "we’re the

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    Lincoln’s book “Holy Terrors” shows amidst a horrific catastrophe where that line of politics and religion can be drawn between parties‚ and how one’s interpretation of events can be skewed when maximalist religion begins to overpower politics. Jerry Falwell‚ a Catholic maximalist states about the September 11th attacks‚ “I really believe that the pagans‚ and the abortionists‚ and the feminists‚ and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle‚ the ACLU

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    Ethics: Gay Marriage If the fetus you save is gay‚ will you still fight for its rights? (http://smartassproducts.hubpages.com) This is an ongoing ethical dilemma in our world today. With many states starting to recognize gay unions‚ and those who oppose it‚ the issues have raised many ethical questions like my opening statement. There are basically two sides to this debate: The Liberals (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liberal) and the Conservatives (http://dictionary.reference

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    Neil J. Young’s We Gather Together: The Religious Right and the Problem of Interfaith Politics is a religious history that seeks to explain American political developments from the years following the second world war through the present day. Young argues that the powerful emergence of the Religious Right at the end of the 1970s was not a political strategy of compromise and coalition building founded ad-hoc on the eve of the election of 1980. Rather‚ as he demonstrates through meticulous research

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    moderation of content by content providers has failed‚ and the human costs of such harassment are not mitigated by the medium from which it originated. That Jerry Falwell was said to have had committed incest in a Hustler Magazine parody rather than in Time was an important factor in why he lost Hustler vs. Falwell. Even though Jerry Falwell was gravely offended by Hustler’s assertion and he had‚ by all intents and purposes‚ a legitimate grievance to say that the Hustler ad caused him emotional distress

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    The US constitution does not contain a specific right to privacy but the Bill of Rights does imply it. The ninth amendment of the Bill of Rights reads “the bill of rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage other rights retained by the people”. This amendment states that the rights of the people that are not specifically named are still equally important as the ones that are. Since the constitution does not give the government the right to violate privacy‚ it is said to be the same as

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    The Liberty Biblical Museum is located in the Jerry Falwell Library. One can find the museum by walking in the main doors‚ and going down the stairs. The purpose of the museum is to bring the Bible to life by showing different artifacts of the time. The museum has many artifacts that are from the holy land‚ different manuscripts‚ and it also has the rare Bible. With reading and visualizing all the different artifacts‚ one can learn a lot about a culture and their way of life. The museum offers

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