I thought that was kind of a strange way to report the man's death ... "Found yesterday laying on the floor unconscious without a pulse" ... that would be phrased "FOUND DEAD" for us normal people.
I'm not a fan of this man and am glad he will no longer be trying to twist politics to his turbo Christian perspective. If you ARE a Falwell fan you might want to go read another post as this is a collection of some of Falwell's bullshit ... you may be offended. I invite any and all criticism.
Falwellian quips:
"AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals."
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"The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country."
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"Grown men should not be having sex with prostitutes unless they are married to them."
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"I do not believe the homosexual community deserves minority status. One's misbehavior does not qualify him or her for minority status. Blacks, Hispanics, women, etc., are God-ordained minorities who do indeed deserve minority status."
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"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." ... meaning he blamed all these people for the events of 9/11 as a punishment from God.
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Falwellian contribtions:
October 1987: The Federal Election Commission fines Falwell $6,000 for transferring $6.7 million in funds intended for his ministry to political committees.
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1991: Stephens Inc., a Savings and Loan institution from Arkansas forecloses the North Campus of Liberty University, which Falwell had put up as collateral on $72.3 million. Falwell was also involved in the eventual failure of the Lincoln Savings and Loan of California, after borrowing $32 million. The deed to Thomas Road Baptist Church was recovered from their vault and returned.
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February 1993:The Internal Revenue Service determines that funds from Falwell???s Old Time Gospel Hour program were illegally funneled to a political action committee. The IRS forced Falwell to pay $50,000 and retroactively revoked the Old Time Gospel Hour???s tax-exempt status for 1986-87.
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1994-1995: Falwell is criticized for using his "Old Time Gospel Hour" to hawk a scurrilous video called "The Clinton Chronicles" that makes a number of unsubstantiated charges against President Bill Clinton???among them that he is a drug addict and that he arranged the murders of political enemies in Arkansas. Despite claims he had no ties to the project, evidence surfaced that Falwell helped bankroll the venture with $200,000 paid to a group called Citizens for Honest Government (CHG). CHG???s Pat Matrisciana later admitted that Falwell and he staged an infomercial interview promoting the video in which a silhouetted reporter said his life was in danger for investigating Clinton. (Matrisciana himself posed as the reporter.) "That was Jerry???s idea to do that," Matrisciana recalled. "He thought that would be dramatic."
I'm not a fan of this man and am glad he will no longer be trying to twist politics to his turbo Christian perspective. If you ARE a Falwell fan you might want to go read another post as this is a collection of some of Falwell's bullshit ... you may be offended. I invite any and all criticism.
Falwellian quips:
"AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals."
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"The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country."
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"Grown men should not be having sex with prostitutes unless they are married to them."
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"I do not believe the homosexual community deserves minority status. One's misbehavior does not qualify him or her for minority status. Blacks, Hispanics, women, etc., are God-ordained minorities who do indeed deserve minority status."
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"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." ... meaning he blamed all these people for the events of 9/11 as a punishment from God.
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Falwellian contribtions:
October 1987: The Federal Election Commission fines Falwell $6,000 for transferring $6.7 million in funds intended for his ministry to political committees.
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1991: Stephens Inc., a Savings and Loan institution from Arkansas forecloses the North Campus of Liberty University, which Falwell had put up as collateral on $72.3 million. Falwell was also involved in the eventual failure of the Lincoln Savings and Loan of California, after borrowing $32 million. The deed to Thomas Road Baptist Church was recovered from their vault and returned.
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February 1993:The Internal Revenue Service determines that funds from Falwell???s Old Time Gospel Hour program were illegally funneled to a political action committee. The IRS forced Falwell to pay $50,000 and retroactively revoked the Old Time Gospel Hour???s tax-exempt status for 1986-87.
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1994-1995: Falwell is criticized for using his "Old Time Gospel Hour" to hawk a scurrilous video called "The Clinton Chronicles" that makes a number of unsubstantiated charges against President Bill Clinton???among them that he is a drug addict and that he arranged the murders of political enemies in Arkansas. Despite claims he had no ties to the project, evidence surfaced that Falwell helped bankroll the venture with $200,000 paid to a group called Citizens for Honest Government (CHG). CHG???s Pat Matrisciana later admitted that Falwell and he staged an infomercial interview promoting the video in which a silhouetted reporter said his life was in danger for investigating Clinton. (Matrisciana himself posed as the reporter.) "That was Jerry???s idea to do that," Matrisciana recalled. "He thought that would be dramatic."
