| | Falwell is well known outside of Evangelical circles for his claim, made on "The 700 Club" on September 13th of 2001 that it was not just [[al Qaeda]] that was to blame for the terrorist attacks of [[9/11]]. He said, ""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.'" His statement was severely criticized and Falwell apologized soon after. <ref>CNN article on the statement[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/14/Falwell.apology/]</ref> Christopher Hitchens famously stated that if Falwell were given an enema, he could have been buried in a matchbox, so was Hitchens hatred of Falwells propagandizing and fraud. | | Falwell is well known outside of Evangelical circles for his claim, made on "The 700 Club" on September 13th of 2001 that it was not just [[al Qaeda]] that was to blame for the terrorist attacks of [[9/11]]. He said, ""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.'" His statement was severely criticized and Falwell apologized soon after. <ref>CNN article on the statement[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/14/Falwell.apology/]</ref> Christopher Hitchens famously stated that if Falwell were given an enema, he could have been buried in a matchbox, so was Hitchens hatred of Falwells propagandizing and fraud. |
| − | Falwell was critized by many conservatives. [[Barry Goldwater]] said that “''Every good Christian should line up and kick Jerry Falwell's ass''.”<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/08/religion.usa</ref>
| + | [[Barry Goldwater]], far from being a social conservative in his old age, won the praise of the liberal media by his idiotic remark that "''Every good Christian should line up and kick Jerry Falwell's ass''."<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/08/religion.usa</ref> |