Falwell: Not Necessarily The Person That You Think

[Jean Dudley]

On May 16, 2007, at 7:39 PM, Paul Finkelman wrote:

> much of Falwell's life was dedicated to undermining the establishment
> clause, and indeed quite openly working for the establishment of his
> faith as the official faith of America; it seems to me that any
> discussion of his career is in the end a discussion about  
> constitutional
> law, unless Eugene, Will, and Sandy somehow think that on law, and
> especially con law, is only about legal cases. If that is so then we
> should just discuss Hustler.
>
> I have always wondered why Falwell (or any of those in his church)  
> were
> reading Hustler in the first place.
>
> Paul Finkelman
> President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law
>      and Public Policy
> Albany Law School
> 80 New Scotland Avenue
> Albany, New York   12208-3494

While I agree with Professor Finkelman about discussing the life of  
Falwell, I am going to gently remind him that Falwell and his friends  
didn't have to actually read Hustler to find out about the satirical  
ersatz ad.  Let's face it--word gets around, often through many hands.

Jean.