The White House is criticizing remarks by the evangelical Revs. Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, who blamed last week’s terror attacks on the popularity of abortion, homosexuality, pagans and the American Civil Liberties Union in the United States. President Bush “does not share those views, and believes that those remarks are inappropriate,” a spokesman for the president said.
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