The news that Jerry Falwell Jr. was caught with his pants down and “suspended indefinitely” from the presidency of Liberty university does not surprise me.
In fact, it should have happened long ago.What follows is my experience at his college:We were sitting, silently shaking, in my car with the lights off in order to cover ourselves in as much darkness as possible.I was crying.She reached for my hand, I flinched, nervously checking to see if anyone was watching.
When I felt the softness of my girlfriend’s touch, I began to relax, taking her hand in mine, with only our silhouettes visible to anyone passing by.This scene of my girlfriend and me—two women scared that we would be caught holding hands and punished for simply being in.