Falwell: I point the finger in their face and say "you helped this happen."

[RiverStone]

After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack, he (along with fellow televangelist Pat Robertson) made comments blaming various groups for the attack. The two were widely condemned for having made these comments. When asked why God would allow such an event to happen to America, Falwell said:

The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. 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."

Robertson then responded:

Well, I totally concur, and the problem is we have adopted that agenda at the highest levels of our government. And so we're responsible as a free society for what the top people do. And, the top people, of course, is the court system.

link:

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jerry_Falwell

[long_green]

1. kicked and nominated

let no one forget what sort of person Jerry Falwell was.

[pdx_prog]

2. This is exactly the kind of crap the gas bag will be remembered for

Well, in some circles anyway...

nomernated...:)

[Mad_Dem_X]

3. Everyone needs to remember that

Good riddance.

[NanceGreggs]

4. That quote sure smacks of ...

... bearing false witness against thy neighbor.

[RiverStone]

6. Amen to that...

[KansDem]

5. Oh, HE'S the one?!?!?

I remember that now! :grr: What an ass...I hope he rots in HELL!!!

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Wonder how he'll like Secular heaven?

[seaglass]

8. I know this is how I'll remember him. n/t

[bdamomma]

9. the man who proclaimed himself as an evangelist was just an evil man.

[Ganja Ninja]

10. The Fry Cooks have got to bear some burden for this.

And when you have over 40 billion burgers served you make arteries hard. I really believe that the fry cooks, and the pastry chiefs, and the Pizza chains, and the taco stands, all of them who have tried to satisfy the American appetite, I point the finger in their face and say "you helped this happen."