High Court Skips Falwell Web Site Case

A legal spat over a Web site criticising Jerry Falwell for his antigay views won’t ascend to the US Supreme Court. The justices on Monday declined without comment to take up the evangelical preacher’s appeal, which challenged the operator of Fallwell.com, a site that aims to explain why Rev. Falwell is completely wrong about people who are gay or lesbian. The televangelist had claimed the domain name’s spelling was too close to that of his official Web presence and asked the courts to shut it down