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September 22, 2010

Falwell Jr. endorses Va. liquor store privatization

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's plan to put Virginia's state-run alcohol sales in private hands and triple the number of liquor stores scored a big endorsement from the Christian right, the Associated Press reports.

Jerry Falwell Jr., the chancellor of Liberty University and namesake son of the late minister and political activist, endorsed McDonnell's liquor privatization proposal Tuesday.

Falwell said he felt the founders never intended for government to be in the liquor retailing business.

But McDonnell has encountered resistance to his plan from an interfaith coalition concerned that boosting the number of stores from 332 now to 1,000 will worsen alcoholism, damage families and put more drunks on the highways.

Posted by Matthew Hay Brown at 1:25 PM | | Comments (7)
        

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Jerry Falwell, Sr.s' father made a fortune as a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages (legal and otherwise). Surey this irony is not lost on the grandson.

Falwell Jr. just wants to increase the number of liquor stores so that he won't have to be seen in any of those larger state stores buying his liquor. Liberty University, a sham educational institution at its best, is now just a sellout to the Sun Myung Moon "Moonies", so anything this jerk proposes has to be held suspect.

In 2007 Liberty University School of Law, provisionally approved by the American Bar Association,[25] announced an 89% Bar passage rate from its first graduating class of Law Students. The bar passage rate far exceeded the State Average of 72%.

In 2008 the School of Law announced a 94.4% first time passage rate on the Virginia Bar Exam, second only to the University of Virginia

In 2009 the School of Business at Liberty University entered candidacy for full accreditation from the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs.

In 2010 the Liberty University School of Education received full accreditation from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)

In 2010, the American Bar Association Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar awarded Liberty University School of Law full accreditation.

Yet another example of Robert Littel's ignorance and arrogance casuing him to attack something he doesn't agree with. Total devoid of any logic, reason or intelligent though process.

Of course Sr's father was an agnostic and his father was an atheiest so that explains the actions quite well. Of course if Jr, had opposed them we'd have fools like Littel screaming about using the coervive power of the state to force relgious views or some other nonsense.

When the character using the default moniker "Anonymous" chooses a proper name ( I would suggest "Sphincter's Revenge"), I will address his defense of "Moonie U" (aka Liberty University), a supposed institution of higher learning that gets many of its alumna's resumes tossed in the trash unread by prospective employers ( the same with "Regent University too).

Robert Littel - Since you have no idea of how many if any "alumna's resumes tossed in the trash unread by prospective employers" such comments can be dismissed as delusional. The only thing I'm defending is the truth which is you don't like Liberty because of your intolerance for religion therefore you dismiss it and make completely ridiculous claims which lack any basis in fact and have no proof to support them. Sorry but that sounds like your delusional thinking. Something you feel free to rip others for. Feel free to prove me wrong if you can. Maybe you could explain why your claims, about Liberty, don’t need to be proven to be valid in your opinion. I’m sure it would be rather humorous to hear your twisted logic.

Use whatever name you like when refering to me. Since your opinion is worth less than a used condom don't expect it will bother me.

I personally don’t like the privatization of liquor store. They knowing people are dying in liquor. Why we want to make very easy option to abide to the chains of liquor.

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About Matthew Hay Brown
Matthew Hay Brown writes and blogs about faith and values in public and private life for The Baltimore Sun. A former Washington correspondent for the newspaper, he has long written about the intersection of religion and politics. He has reported from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, traveling most recently to Syria and Jordan to write about the Iraqi refugee crisis.
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