
Part One: Jerry Falwell: Founder of the Religious Right
Behind the Bastards
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The Fall Well Family
The fall well family was isolated from mainstream society in Lynchburg, Virginia. Jerry would later recall the many nights that his father spent drinking heavily and sobbing over his brother and daughter. Religion was a part of Jerry's life from the beginning, but it wasn't a huge part. So he grows up a little bit of a wild child.
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