Reply #122: I remember Jerry Falwell.

[NYC]

I missed the quote about blowing away people in the name of Our Savior, but I clearly remember this comment regarding 9/11 and NYC:


"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.'"

...Falwell suggested that the aforementioned groups "have attempted to secularize America, have removed our nation from its relationship with Christ on which it was founded ... (and) that created an environment which possibly has caused God to lift the veil of protection which has allowed no one to attack America on our soil since 1812."*

*Re 1812, the British burned down the White House in 1814 or 1815. As everyone other than Jerry Falwell knows, the White House is "on our soil". A new one was built.