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Don't be so shocked at the Falwell claims – research on Christian sex websites reveals an adventurous side to evangelical sexual culture

  • Written by Kelsy Burke, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
imageJerry Falwell Jr. who resigned after 13 years serving as president of Liberty University.AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File

Many headlines in the past week have speculated publicly on the sex lives of Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife Becki Falwell.

While both Falwells have told the press that the scandal is, more or less, all Becki’s fault an...

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