Jerry Falwell is Dead; There's Not a Wet Eye in the House

[WOSQ]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 2:27pm

You see? Even intolerationists die.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 2:32pm

Now if we could only get rid of the "reverend" Fred Phelps!

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 2:33pm

You girls are soooo late to the party.

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?page=2&thread=935228&boardname=off

[jimnysf]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 2:39pm

[WOSQ]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 2:46pm

I must say that I am glad that Tammy Faye has held on long enough to hear this news.

We must only speak good of the dead.
Jerry Falwell is dead.
Good.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 4:30pm

Matt Foreman, Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:

"The death of a family member or friend is always a sad occasion and we express our condolences to all those who were close to the Rev. Jerry Falwell. Unfortunately, we will always remember him as a founder and leader of America’s anti-gay industry, someone who exacerbated the nation’s appalling response to the onslaught of the AIDS epidemic, someone who demonized and vilified us for political gain and someone who used religion to divide rather than unite our nation."

Joe Solmonese, President, Human Rights Campaign:

"Reverend Falwell’s death today causes my thoughts to turn toward the members of our community who have at great personal sacrifice contended with the Reverend’s work and teachings. As I remember Reverend Falwell’s life, I also remember all of the families of people who have died of AIDS. Reverend Falwell’s legacy is not about the tenants of Jesus’ ministry such as healing the sick and standing with the disenfranchised but about shunning and ridiculing those who have suffered and died of AIDS and their families. Many faith leaders today are moving away from his divisive approach and toward the compassion and inclusiveness that Jesus modeled every day of his ministry."

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 4:34pm

When a person spends his entire life, practically, devoted to the spread of hate under the guise of "Well, Jesus said so!" there should be no pity. You have to earn the right to be mourned in my opinion and he forfeited that long ago.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 4:34pm

Many faith leaders today are moving away from his divisive approach and toward the compassion and inclusiveness that Jesus modeled every day of his ministry.


I certainly hope so.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 4:49pm

I hope it was not my comparison to "he who must not be named" and Falwell that got the other thread deleted. Sorry if it was.
Anyway, back to square one...

Good riddance to an evil man.

[Kringas]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 4:51pm

Maybe Falwell was a mod.

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 4:51pm

Did you compare Falwell to Voldemort? If so, I love you.

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 5:02pm

Can't say I'll miss him.

I was reading the Anna Nicole Smith dies thread the other day. All those people whinning about how tragic it is when ANYONE dies...

Where are all those broken hearts now?

[Calvin]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 5:07pm

I've just been reading McCain's and Romney's gushing over him. Excuse me while I projectile vomit.

[Liverpool]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 5:11pm

I HAVEN'T SMILED SO MUCH IN MONTHS

God's coming for Robertson and Phelps next. Updated On: 5/15/07 at 05:11 PM

[DG]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 5:17pm

I wonder why no one (Robertson?) is rushing out to claim this is God's vengence . . .

[C is for Company]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 5:20pm

The name Robertson was unbeknownst to me before reading that post Liverpool so I wikipedia'd him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Robertson#Remarks_concerning_feminism.2C_homosexuality.2C_and_liberalism

I haven't giggled reading something like that in a long time under some of the remarks he made regarding meteors and malfunctioning earpieces that prevented him from knowing what he was agreeing to (not like he wouldn't have anyway "had he known"). At least this dead bastard knew enough to "apologize." I bet he is real sorry now that he missed seeing the meteor come to obliterate the gays.

[Liverpool]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 5:39pm

bump
cause the best news of the day should be at the top of the page.

[Nipper]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 5:56pm

"Ding! Dong!" etc etc

[MatthewAddison]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 6:16pm

In other news, millions of morons and bigots still alive and well!

[Liverpool]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 6:17pm

yeah, but hey, everyone would get suspicious of god got rid of all of them at once.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 6:26pm

I thought Mr Falwell was the one who spewed hatred

As we all will, Mr Falwell will have to answer for his life. I cannot say I am surpised by the jubilation over his death. What goes around comes around

By responding in this manner, you sink to his level

Updated On: 5/15/07 at 06:26 PM

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 6:31pm

Whatever. That is how the discussion of He Who Must Not Be Named started, Roxy. You mourn in your straight man way way and let those who were the target of his unabashed and unrelenting hatred celebrate in ours.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 6:37pm

I do not mourn him .

He lived his life, has died & now is in eternity. There is much hatred on this board for anyone who does not agree with the majority & I have seen some reverse hatred or dislike for straights. I pay it no never mind.

I treat everyone equally & say live & let live. Life is too short for anyone to hate anyone else

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 6:37pm

My thoughts and prayers are with Satan at this time as he adjusts to the competition he now has in Hell.

[MatthewAddison]

Posted: 5/15/07 at 6:39pm

If only Hell existed.