No loss.Er… I mean “We are saddened by the fact that Mr. Fallwell, who was talented in so many ways, did not live long enough to fully embrace reason”I would like to express my personal sympathies to members of Mr. Fallwell’s family. Not his friends, but his family.NEW: ELLEN JOHNSON Quoted on CNN: http://www.cnn.com/interactive/us/0705/gallery.falwell.reaction/frameset.exclude.html
Ellen Johnson, president of American Atheists “Jerry Falwell was instrumental in galvanizing millions of American evangelicals into an intolerant, sectarian and authoritarian political movement. Gays, women, secularists, civil libertarians and other groups who did not fit into his plan to construct ‘One Nation under God’ were stigmatized and attacked
Other Ellen Quotes:
“Perhaps the most ignominious moment in Falwell’s career was his appearance with Rev. Pat Robertson on a television program which blamed the terrorist attacks of September 11 not on Islamic fundamentalist fanatics, but on a wide swath of the American people — women (because of their support for abortion), gay and lesbian Americans, and individuals and organizations like American Atheists which labor for the separation of church and state.”"We cannot and must not lionize Rev. Jerry Falwell because he is now dead. We expect that some politicians beholden to the religious right,who perhaps owe their political careers in part to Falwell, will praise him for his religiosity or avuncular style. The truth is, however, that the Rev. Jerry Falwell was a dangerous man who opposed and worked against many of the key values underpinning our secular American democracy.:
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yes! The fatted calf and lots of signs saying “We LOVE fags!”
Not to bring up a dead topic, but I just saw Hitchens on Hannity and Combes being harangued about Falwell’s death. I just loved Hitchen’s final comment and thought I needed to share it with those that might have missed it.
Classic.
I enjoyed Hitchens regarding Falwell too..”I didn’t say anything about him that I didn’t say when he was alive” and “I’ll judge for myself” to conclude. My sentiments exactly! Back to the thread fatted calf will work but no tough old goat to pass as lamb or wormy smelly fatty old pork butt passed off as genuine Virginia ham.