Forty-eight hours after 9/11, Falwell said on Pat Robertson's "700 Club" that the attacks were likely evidence that God was judging America and "probably what we deserve."

"The ACLU's got to take a lot of blame for this," Falwell said. "And, I know that I'll hear from them for this, but throwing God out successfully--with the help of the federal court system--throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools. The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say, 'You helped this happen.'"

After criticism, including rebuke from the White House, Falwell apologized  a couple of days later, calling his remarks "insensitive," "uncalled for" and "unnecessary."

BUT.

In a video clip on the series Web site, Amanpour reminded Falwell he sparked controversy by suggesting that the Lord was removing his protection from America in 2001.

"I still believe that," Falwell said.... "We're killing a million babies a year in this country by abortion. And I was saying then, and I'm saying now, that if we in fact change all the rules on which this Judeo-Christian nation was built, we cannot expect the Lord to put his shield of protection around us as he has in the past."

"So you still stand by that?" Amanpour asked.

"I stand right by it," Falwell replied.

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