Mark Morford commemorated Jerry Falwell's passing with a list of quotes from the man himself, and this one struck me full force:
"Someone must not be afraid to say, 'moral perversion is wrong.' If we do not act now, homosexuals will 'own' America! If you and I do not speak up now, this homosexual steamroller will literally crush all decent men, women, and children who get in its way ... and our nation will pay a terrible price!"
Note carefully that Falwell tells us that this is not just a metaphor. He's warning us that this demonic gay steamroller will literally squash all good men, women, and children in the United States pancake-flat, until they're no thicker than a page of the Bible. This Jesus-hating (yet ironically man-loving) piece of construction equipment will show the righteous no mercy as it flattens them into life-sized gingerbread people beneath its brightly decorated roller.
Literally.
Maybe you think I'm joking about this. Well, you're wrong. Falwell may have said some spectacularly ignorant and hateful things in his life, but this time he was dead on. The homosexual steamroller truly exists. I know.
Because I've seen it.
Yes, that's right, I've seen it for myself. It's no metaphor; it's ten perverted tons of decency-smooshing steel. And I have no doubt that just as Falwell said, unless we can stop it, it will crush the life out of every last upstanding heterosexual in the United States who refuses to go gay. Disguising your true leanings won't fool it--you can wear tight T-shirts that show off your sculpted abs and listen to dance music all day as you admire your Judy Garland poster collection, but it won't help. Unless you genuinely embrace same-sex love, YOU TOO will end up as a wafer-thin victim of this out and proud leviathan.
Don't believe me? See for yourself:
(Keep going...)
(Almost there...)

Thank you, Jerry Falwell, for opening people's eyes to this awful menace.
Thank you - that made me laugh.
Posted by: rd | Monday, May 21, 2007 at 02:58 PM
Well done, sir.
Posted by: outrageouschaos | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at 04:17 PM
The EEEeevil pink menace! Its devastating evil is matched only by its extreme cuteness!
Gay commie mexican atheist frenchies drive it...
Posted by: atheist | Monday, August 06, 2007 at 03:34 AM
For a group that, in the past, has been the subject of bullys, it is amazing to see them use the same practice on ANY who disagree with them.
Posted by: Tracy Ann Jacobs | Thursday, October 04, 2012 at 04:36 PM
in the PAST, huh, tracy ann?
you'd think with a name like tracy ann, you'd try to rise ABOVE stereotypes.
youre right though, i feel SUCH pity for the hateful small-minded bigots trying to stomp on the civil rights of people who've done nothing to them. they're the real victims here, clearly.
Posted by: Zachary C. | Saturday, October 06, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Suddenly, it's topical again!
Posted by: Andrew, Canterbury, UK | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 03:52 PM