Politico: “Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. said on Wednesday that he had apologized for posting a photo of him in unzipped pants and arm around a woman — but also defended the incident as a vacation ‘costume party’ that was ‘just in good fun.'”
“The now-deleted photo showed Falwell, a leading evangelical supporter of President Donald Trump, with his pants unzipped and his underwear showing beneath, while he had one arm around a woman whose shorts also appeared to be unbuttoned and his other holding a glass with a dark-colored liquid. The photo appeared to be on board a yacht. The posting — which was quickly withdrawn — drew a sharp backlash and charges of hypocrisy because the evangelical university that he leads prohibits students from having sexual relations outside of a ‘biblically-ordained’ marriage and consuming media with lewd lyrics, sexual content and nudity. The university’s policy also counsels ‘appropriateness’ and ‘modesty’ in how students must dress.”