lame denials

[sagehen]

 arnold zwicky writes:
>3.  speaker asserts that members of the aclu, abortionists, pagans,
>feminists, gays, and lesbians must bear some responsibility for the
>atrocities in new york and washington, because their attempts to
>"secularize America" "make God mad", but a spokesperson denies hateful
>intent by saying these remarks were "taken out of context".

A friend wrote me that NYT & WP were reporting that Jerry Falwell & Pat
Robertson had concurred in these just  these opinions on the latter's "700
Club" (radio? or tv?) but I didn't hear that either had issued denials,
lame or otherwise!
A. Murie