Jerry Falwell
From Hate
Jerry Falwell (August 11th, 1933 - May 15th, 2007) was a fundamentalist Baptist pastor, televangelist, former racial segregationist and conservative activist from the United States. He also founded the Moral Majority movement and Liberty University.
Quotes
1 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 secularise America. I point the finger in their face and say: "You helped this happen". (On the September 11th, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center; src)
2 AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals. (src)
3 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. (src)
4 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 Pharoah's chariotters. (src)
5 [The fact that he is] a gay Republican means he should join the Democratic Party. (src)
