Farewell, Falwell, gone but not forgotten.

This seems to be as good a time as any to investigate your legacy, so
let's turn to About.com for a quick rundown of some of your most
notable quotes:
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/stupidquotes/a/falwellquotes.htm


"The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the
Devil to keep Christians from running their own country."

"The ACLU is to Christians what the American Nazi party is to Jews."

"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!"

"AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals. To oppose it
would be like an Israelite jumping in the Red Sea to save one of
Pharaoh's charioteers ... AIDS is not just God's punishment for
homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates
homosexuals."

"Grown men should not be having sex with prostitutes unless they are
married to them."

"You've got to kill the terrorists before the killing stops. And I'm
for the president to chase them all over the world. If it takes 10
years, blow them all away in the name of the Lord."

"The abortionists have got to bear some burden for (the 9/11 attacks)
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.'"


So godspeed, sir.

We won't soon forget your delightful homophobia, your adorable
criticisms of the "Civil Wrongs Movement," or your jovial support for
the Apartheid government of South Africa.

I just hope you're not too disappointed when you get to heaven.


By EarlG
Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/

Harry