saying he wants the school to become more effective at influencing elections, which he described as “one of our main goals,” an admission that follows years of Republican politicking at the scandal-ridden evangelical college. delivered keynote address during the commencement at Liberty University May 13, 2017 in Lynchburg, Virginia.
In the call, Prevo discussed how he wanted the university’s internal “think tank,” the Standing for Freedom Center , to become more effective in politics, according toHe pressed Lamb, who was responsible for the think tank, on whether it was “getting people elected” and “really motivating our conservatibe people to really get out to vote,” adding that the school should be seeing “some changes in elected officials” if its methods were working.
The president also said he wanted the think tank to be “more effective than Ralph Reed,” referencing the leader of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, a conservative advocacy group. Lamb was fired from the university at the start of this month, which he claims was caused in part by the concerns he raised over Prevo’s goals and their potential violation of the university 501 charity status, whicha federal lawsuit on Monday alleging he was fired over his opposition to how the school was handling a series of sexual assault and harassment complaints; the university denies these claims and toldLamb was “terminated-with-cause as a result of a meeting about a recent review of the...
published by Prevo earlier this year stating that the school can get behind certain causes, but not candidates. Prevo’s predecessor, Jerry Falwell Jr., frequently pushed the boundaries on Liberty University’s role in politics.
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