Jerry Falwell dropped dead earlier today. Because people generally don't like to say something bad about someone who recently died, the news media is having a difficult time with his obituary. They're talking about his political influence, and his success as a reverend. Beyond that, it's difficult to talk about Jerry Falwell without coming to the conclusion that the man was a cruel bigot, an anti-Semite, and a political opportunist in the same category as Al Sharpton.
This is not about the death of a politician with whom I respectfully disagree. No, Falwell was more than a politician and a reverend. He sought to make life miserable for anyone who is not a fundamentalist Christian with a politically Conservative outlook. That includes Jews, homosexuals, atheists, people who are pro-choice and those who value the separation of church and state. He was a mean son of a bitch, and no less a bigot than a KKK activist.
Goodbye Reverend Jerry Falwell. Unfortunately, there are many of your ilk to replace you. I hope your death was just a little painful, perhaps to give you a moment to reflect on all the pain you caused the family and friends of AIDS victims when you made the following statement:
AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals. - Jerry Falwell
What a sweet guy. For good measure, here are some more Falwell quotes...enjoy!
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." - Rev Jerry Falwell, blaming civil libertarians, feminists, homosexuals, and abortion rights supporters for the terrorist attacks of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, quoted from The Washington Post (September 14, 2001)
The Jews are returning to their land of unbelief. They are spiritually blind and desperately in need of their Messiah and Savior. - Jerry Falwell, Listen, America!
I hope I live to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we won't have any public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them. What a happy day that will be!
-- Rev Jerry Falwell, America Can Be Saved, 1979 pp. 52-53
Billy Graham is the chief servant of Satan in America. - Jerry Falwell
The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country. - Jerry Falwell
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Whenever I see quotations like that from the Rev, I'm torn. I can't comprehend their thought processes, and I am left really wondering if they really believe what they're saying, or if they're going over the top to get a response from their enemies and a result from their allies. I mean, no one can think that the separation of church and state was thought up by the devil...can they?
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