This is, I think, quite good news. Jerry Falwell, after years of making terrible, degrading, and insulting statements towards LGBT folks, seems to be softening his tone, according to an August 26 article from the Southern Voice:

The Human Rights Campaign has formally thanked Rev. Jerry Falwell for apparently speaking out in favor of gay rights for the first time publicly.

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On Aug. 5, during an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Situation with Tucker Carlson,” Falwell raised eyebrowns when he said he was not troubled by reports that nominee John Roberts had done volunteer legal work for gay rights activists on the case Romer vs. Evans.

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“I may not agree with the lifestyle,” Falwell said. “But that has nothing to do with the civil rights of that… part of our constituency.

“Judge Roberts would probably have been not a good very good lawyer if he had not been willing, when asked by his partners in the law firm to assist in guaranteeing the civil rights of employment and housing to any and all Americans.”

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“Civil rights for all Americans, black, white, red, yellow, the rich, poor, young, old, gay, straight, et cetera, is not a liberal or conservative value,” Falwell went on to say. “It’s an American value that I would think that we pretty much all agree on.”

The article goes on to credit SoulForce, founded by Mel White, a former colleague and biographer of the Rev. Falwell, as perhaps instrumental in convincing Falwell that he needs to soften his damaging and hurtful rhetoric. I deeply admire White and his partner Gary Nixon, and the amazing work that everyone at Soulforce is doing.