Jerry Falwell Sr.

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Jerry Lamon Falwell, Sr. was an American obnoxious theocratic segregationist demagogue who spewed narrow-minded hatred at every chance, while presenting himself as a pretender to the homilies of one Jesus Christ.
As the creator of the Moral Majority, he seemed to take inspiration from Billy James Hargis's "Christian Crusade". The general impression among people who are not his enthusiastic supporters is that he was a worthless prick; however, he was not involved in the sex or financial scandals that were the downfall of many of his contemporaries and his son.
According to Falwell, you should save what little forgiveness you have as a Christian for Saint Ron of the Reaganite's divorce.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/18/195338.aspx
==Gays did 9-11==
Falwell got his first big win in 1981, after the city of Washington, D.C., briefly decriminalized gay sex. Falwell successfully lobbied Congress to overturn the decision, warning that D.C. would become “the gay capital of the world.”http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/advocate-45/2012/08/21/45-biggest-homophobes-our-45-years?page=full During the 1980s, he would describe the growing AIDS epidemic as both "a lethal judgment of God on the sin of homosexuality" and "also the judgment of God on America for endorsing this vulgar, perverted and reprobate lifestyle".
Falwell also blamed homosexuals, neopagans, and feminists for the September 11 attacks — and not, say, Christians stirring up a hornet's nest in Muslim countries by maintaining a military presence in the Middle East and propping up oppressive dictators. He is also known for claiming that the character Tinky Winky, from the children's television program Teletubbies, was a homosexual (for being purple, wearing a tutu, and carrying a handbag).'Gay Tinky Winky bad for children' at BBC news
Speaking of minorities, Falwell was also a leading anti-Semite, claiming that the anti-Christ was a male Jew and that "Jews can make more money accidentally than you can on purpose."http://www.publiceye.org/ifas/fw/9405/antisemitism.html
==Up your hole, with love, peace, and soul==
Falwell engaged in a famous legal battle with Larry Flynt that went all the way to the Supreme Court. The case was focused on a satirical liquor advertisement from Flynt's Hustler magazine in which Falwell talked about his first time having sex...with his mother...in an outhouse.https://vinepair.com/articles/how-a-fake-campari-ad-led-to-one-of-americas-most-famous-supreme-court-cases/ Despite the fact that the advert was clearly marked as a parody at the bottom of the page, Falwell sued Hustler for libel. The court delivered a unanimous ruling in favor of Hustler, declaring that the advert could not "reasonably be understood as describing actual facts about [Falwell] or actual events in which [he] participated",Hustler Magazine and Larry C. Flynt, Petitioners v. Jerry Falwell, law2.umkc.edu and that the First Amendment should take precedence over Jerry's hurt feelings. This established a precedent that protects the right to parody public figures.HUSTLER MAGAZINE and Larry C. Flynt, Petitioners v. Jerry FALWELL., law.cornell.edu. Falwell and Flynt later became friends when they discovered that they shared more in common than they realized, due to their similar Appalachian roots; Flynt even wrote a touching column about Falwell after he passed away.Larry Flynt, Larry Flynt: My friend, Jerry Falwell. Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2007.
==Oogie Boogie, is that you?==
Beginning in 1970, Falwell terrorized children annually with his Halloween Hell House.
Falwell promoted anti-evolution and anti-ecumenism beliefs, captured for posterity in a creepily charming set of songs, "The Monkey Song" and "The Ecumenical Movement", sung by young and her sister at one of Falwell's church services.Robin & Crystal Bernard - The Monkey Song & The Ecumenical Movement, YouTube, from a recording of a televised church service by Jerry Falwell at Thomas Road Baptist Church in 1972.
==Legacy==
Falwell died on May 15, 2007, proving that even God was tired of Jerry's claptrap. After his death, Christopher Hitchens hitchslapped him to eternity on Anderson Cooper's CNN program.Anderson Cooper: Jerry Falwell's Legacy (Transcript, YouTube video) May 15, 2007.<BR />Also note Hitchens' appearance on Hannity & Colmes following Falwell's demise (Transcript, YouTube video) where he famously quipped: "If you gave Falwell an enema he could be buried in a matchbox." The world moved on. 
Falwell's legacy is Liberty University. He rose to national prominence when his other school, Liberty Christian Academy, prohibited non-white enrollment and, thus, lost tax-exempt status.Jerry Falwell: Associated organizations
Liberty University was chaired by his son Jerry Falwell Jr. until Junior resigned in disgrace in August 2020. Junior is rather svelte to the point of being unrecognizable compared to his bloated, bloviated, (thankfully) deceased dad. Looks like the kid's voraciousness is presently limited to money and God (in that order).Pulliam Bailey, Sarah, "Jerry Falwell Jr.: ‘If more good people had concealed-carry permits, then we could end those’ Islamist terrorists", The Washington Post 12.5.15. ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS!
==Gallery==
File:Tinkywinky.jpg|The horrid homosexual character pictured here is wanted by Jerry Falwell for leading children to enjoy rum, sodomy and the lash, with emphasis on "sodomy".
File:Jerry Falwell Parody Interview in Hustler Magazine.jpg|Falwell: the parody Hustler interview
File:Hustler Magazine v. Falwell.pdf|Hustler v. Falwell: Hustler won
==See also==
*Pat Robertson, his former BFF
*Dominionism
*Fundamentalism
*Douchebag
==Notes==
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