| From: | shadowrn@*********.com (DemonWytch) |
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| Subject: | Fw: [S.G] Queers and Pagans Responsible For Terrorist Attacks |
| Date: | Thu Sep 13 22:55:01 2001 |
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Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:35 PM
Subject: FW: [S.G] Queers and Pagans Responsible For Terrorist Attacks
> >
> > Washington Blade
> > 13September 2001
> >
> > Falwell blames gays, liberal groups for terrorist attacks
> > by Lou Chibbaro Jr.
> >
> > 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 American - 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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