-Caveat Lector- From http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47182-2001Sep17.html }}}>Begin Falwell Apologizes For Remarks Post Stories | Multimedia Photos | Live Online _____Top Stories_____ � Bush Warns of Casualties of War (The Washington Post, Sep 18, 2001) � FBI Questions Men Suspected Of Planning Other Hijackings (The Washington Post, Sep 18, 2001) � Stocks Plummet as Wall Street Reopens (The Washington Post, Sep 18, 2001) � Airlines Cut Flights; Bush Pledges Relief (The Washington Post, Sep 18, 2001) � Bush Visits Mosque to Forestall Hate Crimes (The Washington Post, Sep 18, 2001) � Full Coverage ___ The Victims ___ Type Full or Partial Name: � Full List So Far ___ Online Extras ___ � Photo Galleries � List of Live Discussions � Audio & Video Coverage � Texts, Transcripts Archive _____Graphics_____ ___ Terrorism ___ Background: � Attacks and Organizations ___ Osama bin Laden ___ At a Glance: � Bin Laden's Long Reach � Bin Laden and His Group, Al Qaeda � Volatile Regional Neighborborhood Background: � Architect of Global Terrorism � Bin Laden: a 'Master Impresario' � CIA's Covert War on Bin Laden � Video: Bob Woodward on the CIA _____Editorials_____ � A New Week (The Washington Post, Sep 17, 2001) � More Editorials _____Opinions_____ � Allies With Agendas (The Washington Post, Sep 17, 2001) � Two Cheers For War (The Washington Post, Sep 17, 2001) � Playground Patrol (The Washington Post, Sep 17, 2001) � Terror's Aftermath (The Washington Post, Sep 17, 2001) � More Opinions E-Mail This Article Printer-Friendly Version Subscribe to The Post By John F. Harris Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, September 18, 2001; Page C04 Conservative evangelist Jerry Falwell, who sparked an uproar by saying that liberal civil-rights groups, homosexuals and abortion-rights supporters were partly responsible for last week's terrorist attacks, yesterday apol ogized for making remarks that he acknowledged "seemed harsh and ill-timed." Falwell, who made the comments in a discussion with fellow evangelist Pat Robertson on the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club," said in a statement posted on his Web site that he was making a nuanced theological p oint that was misunderstood by a "secular media and audience." Meanwhile, Robertson -- who on the show had responded to Falwell's comments by saying "I totally concur" and "Amen" -- and later said the minister had been quoted out of context -- yesterday issued a news release calling Falwell's remarks "totally inappropriate." During the broadcast, Robertson said, he was caught off guard by remarks he considered "severe and harsh in tone," and said his colleague's discourse was "frankly, not fully understood" by him or the show's other hosts. Falwell maintained yesterday that his remarks were lifted from their context, though many who were offended said the lengthy passages cited in media accounts made Falwell's meaning plain. He said an angry God had lifted t he protection he previously bestowed on the nation, allowing "the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve." "Jerry, that's my feeling," Robertson replied. "I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way -- all of them who have tried to secularize America -- I point the finger in their face and say, 'You helped this happen,' " Falwell said. Falwell said yesterday that asserting these groups had incited God to lift his protection was not saying that they were responsible. "I hold no one other than the terrorists, and the people and nations who have enabled an d harbored them, responsible for the September 11 attacks on this nation," he said. He added that he wished he had not mentioned specific groups like the American Civil Liberties Union by name, and had not mentioned the failure of churches to halt "a generation of departure from God." Falwell said "I sincerely regret" that the timing and wording of the comments "have detracted from the spirit of this time of mourning." Whatever their intent, both ministers caused a storm. A White House official said Bush, who has drawn strong support from Robertson's backers, considered them inappropriate. Among the deluge of e-mails to this newspaper regarding the remarks was one from a student who claimed he was so offended that he was dropping out of the Falwell- founded Liberty University. 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