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Good Riddance to Jerry Falwell
In the Castro, Tuesday, May 15 was anything but a day to mourn.
News that right-wing Christian minister Jerry Falwell had died that morning brought about 30 queers to the corner of 18th and Castro during rush hour to attend an “anti-memorial” that was full of good cheer. Representatives of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of gay male nuns that Falwell had once attacked, were on hand to help exorcise the spirit of the hate-spewing fundamentalist preacher.
On queervision, an internet discussion group, message lines in emails hailed “ding-dong the witch is dead” and “Falwell is dead day.” Entries on the SF Bay Guardian blog, too, expressed no regret about the 73-year-old bigot’s sudden passing in his office at Liberty University in Virginia.
Some may think it’s tasteless to speak ill of the dead, but certainly not in the case of Jerry Falwell. The man made a lucrative career out of bashing the LGBT community and fighting any gains that women made, such as Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in America. He was also a segregationist who once denounced South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a foe of apartheid, as a phony and not a proper representative of Blacks.
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Those Vile Hateful Munchkins
Fri, May 18, 2007 12:05PM
Holy Sisters vs KKK
Thu, May 17, 2007 9:24AM
Tinky Winky waves bye-bye to his best publicist
Thu, May 17, 2007 9:18AM
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Nuns?
Thu, May 17, 2007 8:43AM
A Clarification
Thu, May 17, 2007 7:51AM
Difference between the Far Left and Far Right
Thu, May 17, 2007 12:42AM
Jerry Falwell takes the Down elevator
Wed, May 16, 2007 11:06PM
Excellent Example of the Rampant Hatred, Intolerance, and Bigotry of the Left
Wed, May 16, 2007 12:38PM
A Minor Correction: "gay male" nuns
Wed, May 16, 2007 11:33AM
atheist
Wed, May 16, 2007 8:29AM
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