"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.'" - Jerry Falwell - September 2001

One of the worst examples of those who spew hatred, bigotry, and intolerance and call it the message of the Divine has died. If, as many Christians believe, there is such place as Hell, surely Jerry Falwell began his long agonizing swim in the lake of fire today.

Falwell was one of the leaders of the pseudo-Christian assault on our culture and all that it stands for. He stood on the same ideological ground as other theo-fascists such as Pat Robertson and James Dobson. While there is much focus on America's ideological enemies overseas, such as Al Qaida, men obssessed with creating totalitarian regimes based on ultra-conservative "religious law", Falwell was one of the leading proponents of a homegrown American brand of religious fascism. Osama bin Laden and Jerry Falwell come from the very same intellectual cesspool. Both have preached intolerance, hatred, and totalitarianism and called it the word of God.

Good riddance.

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