Falwell Apologizes for Divisive Remarks
The Rev. Jerry Falwell apologized for saying God had allowed terrorists to attack America because of civil rights groups, abortion rights supporters, gays, pagans and feminists.
Falwell said in Richmond that his comments were ill-timed, insensitive and divisive. “In the midst of the shock and mourning of a dark week for America, I made a statement that I should not have made and which I sincerely regret. . . . I want to apologize to every American, including those I named.”
Falwell had singled out the American Civil Liberties Union and the People for the American Way.
“God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve,” he said last week.
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