{"id":592,"date":"2001-09-14T07:18:02","date_gmt":"2001-09-14T12:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=592"},"modified":"2001-09-14T07:18:02","modified_gmt":"2001-09-14T12:18:02","slug":"falwell_blames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/09\/14\/falwell_blames.html","title":{"rendered":"Falwell blames gays, liberal groups for terrorist attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Falwell blames gays, liberal groups for terrorist attacks<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Mr. Falwell, don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.<\/p>\n

Assuming this bit is true, it’s probably the most despicable bit of news to come from this so far. Who is the greater sinner — the one who commits such foul crimes, or the one who uses them to play politics and attack those he hates? Is there a difference?<\/p>\n

Via saranwarp<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some q&a at the 700 Club<\/a> site doesn’t quite confirm it, but certainly makes it plausible.<\/p>\n

Update: Consider it confirmed via the Washington Post<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Falwell blames gays, liberal groups for terrorist attacks Mr. Falwell, don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry. Assuming this bit is true, it’s probably the most…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-11","category-religion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10928,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/15\/rev_falwells_greatest_hit.html","url_meta":{"origin":592,"position":0},"title":"Rev. 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