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AUGUST 28.2004 • Q-NOTES Religion 19 Falweil wins website suit, now sets sites on building 'army of God' Discover Televangelist opens law school to train lawyers how to battle gay issues by Justin Bergman and Chris Kahn RICHMOND, Va. — A federal judge has ruled that a gay activist must stop using a variation of the Rev. Jerry Falwell’s name in the address for a website critical of the conservative television evangelist. In a ruling publicly released, U.S. District judge Claude Hilton in Alexandria said the domain name for the site, fallwell.com, was “nearly iden tical" to the registered trademark “Jerry Falweil” name and was likely to be con fusing to Internet surfers. Hilton said the operator of the site, Christopher Lamparello of New York, intended to divert people from the Jerry Falweil Ministries’ website “with the direct intent to tarnish or disparage” Falweil. He also ruled that Lamparello sought to make a profit by selling a book on the site. Lamparello’s site criticizes Falwell’s views against homosexuality and includes a disclaimer that reads, “This website is not affiliated with Jerry Falweil Ministries.” Last year, an Illinois man gave up the domain names jerryfalwell.com and jerryfall- well.com after Falweil threatened to sue him in federal court. Those domain names now link to Jerry Falweil Ministries’ website. Complaints have already been filed Faly/ell on new low school: 'We'll be os for to the right as Harvard is to the left.' against Falweil accusing him of violat ing campaign finance laws by endorsing President George W. Bush and soliciting funds for a conservative political action committee on his ministries’ website. After his recent victory, Falweil is apparently celebrating with the opening of a law school he hopes will train a generation of attorneys who will fight for conservative causes. “We want to infiltrate the culture with men and women of God who are skilled in the legal profession,” said Falweil. “We’ll be as far to the right as Harvard is to the left.” Graduates of the law school — part of Falwell’s Liberty University in Lynchburg, which is affiliated with his Baptist ministry — could tackle such issues as gay mar riage and abortion rights,. Falweil said. Classes began Aug. 23 for the first-year class of 61 law students. Classroom lectures and discussions will fuse the teachings of the Bible with the U.S. Constitution, stressing the connections between faith, law and morality, said law school Dean Bruce Green, who has expe rience in civil liberties litigation. Joe Conn, a spokesman for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said the law school is part of a crusade by Falweil to get the government to carry out his religious agenda. “When Falweil talks about using the legal system to advance his personal reli gious beliefs, i get a whiff of the Taliban,” Conn said. “This is a very diverse country with many different religious beliefs, and when you set up a law school to try to get the government and legal system to con form to only one of them, -you’re leaving everybody else out.” In addition to his law school, Falweil has announced a series of seminars to train conservative pastors on what some critics call methods of circum venting federal tax laws to use their pulpits to encourage congregations to vote against gay positive politicians this November. This article previously appeared on 365gay.com. lO •unc^mmoji home antiriues avaiiabletoday- , Priced at just *124,900 with no cash out-of-pocket financing available, that’s ZERO cash, you can live just 6 minutes from Uptown. AND get Silestone* counter tops, high-end stainless steel appliances, hardwood floors, crown moulding, wood blinds and custom upgrades and features you simply won’t find anywhere else at this price. Williamsburg on commonwealth TOWN HOME CONDOMINIUMS 704.531.1943 rnfomiation Center on Commonwealth just North of Briar Creek tij
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