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Falwell and Robertson blame gays and liberals for WTC Attack
Is this not one of the most horrible, unchristian assertions
you've ever heard? Sometimes I wonder what the difference is
between some of the more fundamentalist followers of Christ
and the followers of the Islamic Jihad.
http://www.washblade.com/national/010913b.htm
Falwell blames gays, liberal groups for terrorist attacks
Anti-gay advocate makes remarks on ‘700 Club’ broadcast;
Robertson nods approval
by Lou Chibbaro Jr.
Washington Blade
© 2001, Window Media LLC
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Sept. 13 - The Rev. Jerry Falwell said
gays, feminists, "pagans," and a host of liberal advocacy
groups have made "God mad" and must share the blame for the
terrorist attacks this week that took the lives of thousands
of Americans at the World Trade Center in New York and at
the Pentagon outside Washington.
Falwell made his remarks Thursday, Sept. 13, while appearing
on the religious television program The 700 Club, hosted by
the Rev. Pat Robertson. Falwell and Robertson are among the
nation’s strongest opponents of gay civil rights.
"I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and
the feminists, and the gays and 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 said on the program,
which was broadcast nationally.
"Well, I totally concur," Robertson told Falwell, "and the
problem is we have adopted their agenda at the highest
levels of our government."
The comments by Falwell and Robertson came at a time when
gay activists have joined leading Republicans and Democrats
in calling for national unity and full, bipartisan support
for President Bush’s planned response to the terrorist
attacks.
"The terrible tragedy that has befallen our nation, and
indeed the entire global community, is the sad byproduct of
fanaticism," said Lorri L. Jean, executive director of the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
"It has its roots in the same fanaticism that enables people
like Jerry Falwell to preach hate against those who do not
think, live, or love in the exact same way he does," Jean
said.
"The tragedies that have occurred this week did not occur
because someone made God mad, as Mr. Falwell asserts," Jean
continued, in a statement released Sept. 13. "They occurred
because of hate, pure and simple."
In separate statements released this week, the national gay
groups Log Cabin Republicans and National Stonewall
Democrats condemned the terrorist attacks and declared their
support for President Bush’s efforts to respond to the
incidents.
"Gay and Lesbian Americans across the nation are united
today," said Log Cabin executive director Rich Tafel. "In
the face of defending our nation together, all differences
fall away, and all other issues pale in comparison."
"This week’s tragedy truly asks all of us to come together
as a people to bury our dead, to comfort and heal all
families and to rebuild this strong nation," the National
Stonewall Democrats said in a statement. "Stonewall
Democrats join in solidarity with all Americans in placing
our loyal support behind our national government and our
president."
The group added, "Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered
Americans also have paid with their lives and their honor,
and we join in saluting their sacrifices and those of every
American who suffered these terrible, senseless events."
"Now is the time to join together behind our president and
our government in defense of our nation," said Tafel of the
Log Cabin group.
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