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When the culture-war wing of your Christian university is named after a disgraced president and an internet troll…

John Fea   |  October 21, 2020

How long will the administration of Liberty University allow its culture warrior wing, aka the Falkirk Center, to exist?

The Falkirk Center is named for two pro-Trump culture warriors: Jerry Falwell Jr. and Charlie Kirk.

We now know that Jerry Falwell Jr. has resigned from the presidency of Liberty in the midst of a sex scandal.

Charlie Kirk’s marketing firm was banned from Facebook after the social media site concluded that he is running a political “troll farm.” Twitter has locked his account for tweeting false political information about the election in Pennsylvania.

Samuel Avery-Quinn gets it right:

So with one half of Liberty' culture war think tank named for a disgraced former leader of the institution, & the other half named for a guy who's getting a reputation as little more than a social media troll, how long before the LU board nixes the Falkirk Center?

— Samuel Avery-Quinn (@samaveryquinn) October 21, 2020

How long can Liberty claim to be a Christian university and still have a center named after these men?

Filed Under: Way of Improvement Tagged With: Charlie Kirk, Christian Right, court evangelicals, culture wars, Facebook, Falkirk Center (Liberty University), Jerry Falwell Jr.

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