“If Chief Justice Warren and his associates had known God's word and had desired to do the Lord's will, I am quite confident that the 1954 decision would never have been made.”

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.