I am Matt Thomas.

Jerry Falwell

May 16, 2007

NGLTF statement on Jerry Falwell’s death When I heard about this, I wasn’t sure how to react. I read this, though, and it summed up my thoughts better than I can express.

“The death of a family member or friend is always a sad occasion, and we express our condolences to all those who were close to the Rev. Jerry Falwell. Unfortunately, we will always remember him as a founder and leader of America’s anti-gay industry, someone who exacerbated the nation’s appalling response to the onslaught of the AIDS epidemic, someone who demonized and vilified us for political gain and someone who used religion to divide rather than unite our nation.”