Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts)
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 11:42 AM Mar 2019

Liberty U students protest Falwells' comments on gender

Source: Associated Press


Updated 8:27 am CST, Thursday, March 7, 2019

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Upset over comments on gender identity made by Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. and wife Becki Falwell, around 30 students protested at the Christian college's campus.

The News & Advance reports Wednesday's rally followed Friday's Conservative Political Action Conference roundtable featuring the Falwells and Donald Trump Jr.

In reference to a new granddaughter, Becki Falwell said the family is "not letting her have a choice" in determining her gender identity because "God decided she would be a girl." Jerry Falwell said the baby would carry a doll, just as his sons "always had guns in their hands." Trump responded, "Hashtag me too."

Protest organizer Addyson Garner called the comments transphobic and said Trump reduced the #MeToo movement to a joke.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/education/article/Liberty-U-students-protest-Falwells-comments-on-13670003.php

13 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Liberty U students protest Falwells' comments on gender (Original Post) Judi Lynn Mar 2019 OP
Well duh! But what does the pool boy think?! 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2019 #1
The only Liberty that rat hole has is written over the door. It should read Indoctrination. olegramps Mar 2019 #10
They will be expelled from that paper mill RandySF Mar 2019 #2
Yep, christan theocrats don't tolerate different opinions Va Lefty Mar 2019 #4
The school desks at Liberty U are probably equipped with these... Initech Mar 2019 #7
Isn't he the guy who Scarsdale Mar 2019 #3
Perhaps AOC should accept Falwell's invite to speak there Zambero Mar 2019 #5
My question, rownesheck Mar 2019 #6
They've become a diploma mill in the last few years. Initech Mar 2019 #9
Because some parents refuse to pay for college or anything else obamanut2012 Mar 2019 #11
maybe they get a bunch of scholarship $ pstokely Mar 2019 #12
God made the safeinOhio Mar 2019 #8
Why should we treat people with cancer, then? Oneironaut Mar 2019 #13

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
3. Isn't he the guy who
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 11:48 AM
Mar 2019

"loaned" a million $$$$ to a pool boy, to start a business? Maybe he is sending out a smokescreen for when the poop hits the fan on his own sexuality?? Don't EVER trust these religious nuts who are so "holier than thou" until their activities are exposed.

Zambero

(8,964 posts)
5. Perhaps AOC should accept Falwell's invite to speak there
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 11:52 AM
Mar 2019

It appears that at least some of the student body there has experienced a reality check in this era of fundie-reactionary politics. There's no telling what might happen if students were exposed to ideas running contrary to what's being spoon fed to them day after day.

rownesheck

(2,343 posts)
6. My question,
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 12:07 PM
Mar 2019

Why the fuck are those protesting attending this school?! Everyone knows who the Falwells are and what they believe. Stop giving these fucks your money! I seriously doubt Liberty U gives a top notch education. All the classes probably teach "god did it. That's all you need to know."

Initech

(100,080 posts)
9. They've become a diploma mill in the last few years.
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 12:17 PM
Mar 2019

They're pretty much the Christian equivalent of the University of Phoenix, with the added bonus of your opinion getting silenced if you don't follow the MAGA philosophy!

obamanut2012

(26,080 posts)
11. Because some parents refuse to pay for college or anything else
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 01:55 PM
Mar 2019

I have two friends who had to go to Liberty Baptist, and another one to Mars Hill. Their parents refused to pay for college, medical care, food, clothing, give them a roof over their head unless they submitted to them and went there for school. All three are women, and said they all decided to grit their teeth through it so they could get a degree and go out on their own. They hated it, and one, who is gay and knew it then, was manipulated into getting married. Since divorced, of course.

Stuff isn't much better for kids like that now than it was 30 years ago. Thirty years ago, they wouldn't have protested at LBC, either.


pstokely

(10,528 posts)
12. maybe they get a bunch of scholarship $
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 07:19 PM
Mar 2019

because their GPA or ACT scores was among the higher end of "Liberty" U applicants, but would be on the middle/lower end of a real college

Oneironaut

(5,504 posts)
13. Why should we treat people with cancer, then?
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 07:42 PM
Mar 2019

Didn’t God decide they would get cancer? How is it different?

Why should we treat children with giant holes in their hearts, or deformed organs? Didn’t God make them that way?


There are two conclusions we can form here. Either:

-Falwell is wrong, or,

- God is a psychopath who loves causing pain and destruction (and dare I say, evil?).

Latest Discussions»Latest Breaking News»Liberty U students protes...