By 2 P.M., slightly more than $100,000 had been generated, said Mark DeMoss, a spokesman for Mr. Falwell.

"The stadium conferences are so visible, so they get all the media attention," said Mark DeMoss, a national spokesman for the group, which combines male bonding with religious inspiration.

Mark DeMoss, a spokesman for Mr. Falwell, dismissed the suggestion sometimes made by the White House of an anti-Clinton conspiracy.

Students who test positive will be offered counseling, and perhaps a second chance, a Falwell spokesman, Mark DeMoss, said.

Mark DeMoss, a public-relations expert whose firm has worked for Focus on the Family and for Franklin Graham, is among those who think he can.

Mark DeMoss, NPR interview, August 12, 2009.

"He said last night to a reporter he would probably support him for any state office," Mark DeMoss, the spokesman, told reporters.

When I spoke with Mark DeMoss, he made it clear that it wasn't advisable to make oneself the story.

A Promise Keepers spokesman, Mark DeMoss, said he had not heard of Equal Partners and called its accusations groundless.

Last year the group's budget fell to about $3.5 million, said Mark DeMoss, an aide to Mr. Falwell.