“I think Liberty students ought to date a lot without commitment in mind. If you're thinking commitment - and you probably shouldn't until you're a senior - you don't want to start your marriage off under the constraints of poverty and schooling.”

American Baptist pastor and televangelist

Jerry Falwell was an American Baptist pastor, televangelist, and politically conservative activist. He is known as the founding pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia, and for his role in American religious and political life. He founded Lynchburg Christian Academy, later Liberty Christian Academy, in 1967, Liberty University in 1971, and co-founded the Moral Majority in 1979. His public work connected evangelical Christianity with education and conservative activism.