Reply #99: It has to do with background of the man who said those, rather than the quotes themselves... [View All]

[Solon]

God created the family to provide the maximum love and support and morality and example that one can imagine.
Jerry Falwell

Falwell defined "family" as one man, one woman, and 1.5 kids. OK, I was joking, somewhat on the kids part, but that's the gist of it. Any other form was considered, by him, against God's law, etc.

And the evangelicals, 80 millions of us in America, everyone knows we're the best friends Israel has, the best friends Jewish people around the world, including America, have.

This is the same guy who said that God doesn't hear a Jew's prayers, and that Israel is a the land of unbelief. You have to remember, he was a rapturist, and as such, believes that Israel MUST be run by Jews before the rapture can happen. That's where his support began and ended, Jews themselves were of little consequence to him, he was borderline anti-semitic.

Fred Phelps does not give the religious right a bad name, because nobody claims kin to that guy.

This is simply a denial, do you honestly think that Falwell of all people actually disapproved of the guy's beliefs?

Billy Graham is the chief servant of Satan in America.

This was a theological condemnation, but you have to remember that, to people like Falwell and Graham, ANYONE who disagrees with them is in league with Satan.