I was expecting the students of Liberty University to show immediate support for their martyred president, Jerry Falwell Junior, lawyer and land developer.
Instead, they are happy that Falwell's self-destructive habits have been rewarded with dismissal, though dressed up in terms like leave-of-absence and starting this moment.
He had two qualities valued in WELS leadership - the son of somebody and behavior best attributed to alcoholism. No really, Falwell's remarks and actions in the past could only be explained by his being squiffed. Otherwise, they are incomprehensible.
The students are happy, and the reasons given are more than enough to get a normal person fired, removed from all official duties, and marched out with his possessions in a cardboard box.
In WELS he would be made the leader of the next big synodical gathering, even with women and children present. WELS would say about his bizarre dress code, "That is just Junior being Junior."
