Our greatest hero- Jerry Falwell has died (sniffle)

Television evangelist Falwell dies at 73.

I am sure that many of you will remember Mr. Falwell as a great advocate for civil rights in the '60's, a woman's right to choose, and for gay rights today. Yeah if you were on crack for the past 50 years!

He advocated for segregation, exalted Jim Crow, blessed the planned parenthood bombers, and damned gays. Here are some of the highlights:

• In 1984, he sued Hustler magazine for $45 million, charging that he was libeled by an ad parody depicting him as an incestuous drunkard. A federal jury found the fake ad did not libel him, but awarded him $200,000 for emotional distress. That verdict was overturned, however, in a landmark 1988 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held that even pornographic spoofs about a public figure enjoy First Amendment protection.
• Days after Sept. 11, 2001, Falwell essentially blamed feminists, gays, lesbians and liberal groups for bringing on the terrorist attacks. He later apologized.
• In 1999, he told an evangelical conference that the Antichrist was a male Jew who was probably already alive. Falwell later apologized for the remark but not for holding the belief. A month later, his National Liberty Journal warned parents that Tinky Winky, a purple, purse-toting character on television's "Teletubbies" show, was a gay role model and morally damaging to children.

SFGate http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2007/05/15/national/a104227D88.DTL

While we do not agree with all his work, our hearts do go out to his family for their loss.

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