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The following (below) had me wondering how much of what Falwell said was "his belief" vs "a way to raise funds"...still he seems to have caused much grief to many...

COOPER: There was an incident I read about where you were riding in a limousine with him, and there was a demonstration.

WHITE: Yes.

COOPER: And he was speaking about gay people. What was it he said?

WHITE: We were surrounded by gay protesters.

That's when I thought I was sick and sinful myself, before I realized that homosexuality is a gift from God to be accepted and celebrated. But, in that limousine, he said to me one day: I just love these gay demonstrators. Without them, I wouldn't get near the attention I get. If I didn't have them, I would have to invent them.

So, we played into his hand, in many ways.

COOPER: You think it was, in some ways, a way to raise money? I mean, he needed to raise a lot of money every year.

WHITE: Oh, yes.

He raised more money off the gay threat than any -- than off any other single cause. Maybe abortion ties with it. But he used these incredible pictures of gays as promiscuous, as gays as child abusers, as gays a threat to the nation, to the family. He went on and on, and undermining the American values.

He said these things. He created us as a scapegoat. And then he said, now, send me money, and I will create an environment here in Liberty University campus where young people will be trained not to be gay, where they will get over their sexual orientation problems.