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But 28 years later, in an appearance on MSNBC television, Falwell said he was not troubled by reports that the nominee for Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, John G. Roberts ( whose appointment was confirmed by the U. S. Senate ) had done volunteer legal work for homosexual rights activists on the case of Romer v. Evans.

Falwell told MSNBC's Tucker Carlson that if he were a lawyer, he too would argue for civil rights for LGBT people.

" I may not agree with the lifestyle, but that has nothing to do with the civil rights of that part of our constituency ," Falwell said.

When Carlson countered that conservatives " are always arguing against ' special rights ' for gays ," Falwell said that equal access to housing, civil marriage, and employment are basic rights, not special rights.

" Civil rights for all Americans, black, white, red, yellow, the rich, poor, young, old, gay, straight, et cetera, is not a liberal or conservative value.

It's an American value that I would think that we pretty much all agree on.