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Article: Tinky Winky Update: America Laughs, Falwell Fulminates.
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- Church & State
- Article date:
- April 1, 1999
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In the wake of widespread public ridicule for "outing" Tinky Winky, the purple Teletubby, the Rev. Jerry Falwell has issued a statement in his own defense saying it was all a set-up to make him look foolish.
The March issue of Falwell's National Liberty Journal contains a front-page article by Falwell headlined, "I Didn't 'Out' Tinky Winky." In the piece, Falwell insists that he has never seen "Teletubbies" and that the original piece saying that Tinky Winky is gay was written by the newspaper's senior editor, J.M. Smith.
But Falwell refused to back down from his beliefs about Tinky Winky's sexual orientation. Noting that some gay activists had hailed ...
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