“God Forbid” isn’t simply a story about sex. It’s about how the morality concerns of evangelicals have shaped American politics, AntheaButler writes.
, and Falwell admitted that he knew Granda and Becki were having a sexual affair. He said he “let it go on” and even walked in on them once. But both the husband and wife denied Granda’s claim that Falwell was a participant in the affair.People watching the documentary will likely be skeptical of that claim.
Yet, “God Forbid” isn’t simply a story about sex. It’s about how the expressed morality concerns of evangelicals promoted by Falwell Sr. have shaped American politics. From civil rights, to the feminist movement, pornography, gay rights and abortion, Falwell Sr. and other evangelicals were trying, as historian Matt Sutton says in the documentary, to “roll back any progressive change that’s going to happen.
By giving Trump his endorsement, Falwell made it OK for evangelicals to vote for him. Trump may not have won the presidency otherwise. But who knew that the man who made presidential candidate Trump teflon with evangelicals was a “cuck?” Those who throw around the term would argue that being cuckolded makes one less of a man, but, in this case, the man who allegedly liked to watch and film his wife having sex with their"pool boy," wasman in Republican and evangelical politics. By giving Trump his endorsement, the younger Falwell made it OK for evangelicals to vote for him.
Evangelicals who voted for Trump and continue to support him are also revealed as cucks. Because they were willing and remain willing to watch and not object to the dubious claims to morality of people such as Trump and Falwell. They voted for the twice-divorced Trump after the release of a 2016 tape on which he was heard. They are willing to forgive Herschel Walker despite two women’s claims that he paid for each of them to have an abortions .
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