So Long Jerry.

Tue, 15 May 2007 13:18:15 -0400 by Bull

LYNCHBURG, Va. — The Rev. Jerry Falwell, the television evangelist who founded the Moral Majority and used it to mold the religious right into a political force, died Tuesday shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University. He was 73.

The passing of the Reverend Jerry Falwell is marked here at Bull’s Pasture with some sadness. In years past - more than I care to recall - Jerry and I were often found with our horns locked in near-mortal combat over matters of Faith and Freedom of Religion.

Now my old adversary is dead.

My condolences go out to Jerry’s family, the students of Liberty University, and the residents of Lynchburg, VA. The Bull knows he will be truly missed.

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1 truthsayer May 15, 2007 at 1430

The man was ugly inside and out, I was a young black lad when he came to South Africa to seal my people’s doom. There is a special place awaiting him in hell if it exists.
2 Cindi May 15, 2007 at 1723

Bull, I can’t say I’m sad over his passing. And it may be in poor taste to speak ill of the dead. But Jerry certainly didn’t hold back speaking ill of many during his lifetime. I feel for his wife and kids, but the rest of us are glad he’s gone and hoping we don’t get stuck with someone even worse.
3 ThePaganTemple May 16, 2007 at 1224

On balance, I think he did more good than harm. He supported 2nd Amendment rights and the death penalty, which makes up for a hell of a lot of things where I didn’t agree with him.

As for abortion, one area where I necessarily didn’t agree with him, at least give him credit for putting his and his followers money where his and their mouths were, by establishing homes for unwed teen mothers so they could have their babies, which he then found good homes for, or tried to.

He did some bad and sure said some crazy shit, for sure, but common human decency suggests his passing should be mourned.