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Jerry Falwell denies evangalicals opposed war

Media Matters for America reports that Jerry Falwell erroneously denied that many evangelicals opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq. Their article begins ...

Appearing opposite Sojourners editor-in-chief Reverend Jim Wallis on the February 11 edition of FOX News' Hannity & Colmes, Falwell called Wallis's claim that "evangelicals around the world were against the war in Iraq" "baloney" and remarked: "You could fit your [antiwar evangelical] crowd in a phone booth." After Wallis told Falwell that "there are evangelical Christians who don't share your pro-war views," Falwell replied, "I know -- you and William Sloane Coffin." Coffin is a longtime peace activist and former Yale University chaplain. In fact, many evangelical leaders openly opposed the Iraq war, and a March 2003 poll by the Pew Research Center indicated that although most American evangelicals supported removing Saddam Hussein from power, less than half "favored the use of force if our major allies did not want to join us."

posted by Paul Wilczynski @ 10:05 AM