“[S]o-called gay folks would just as soon kill you as look at you.”

— Jerry Falwell

Rally in Miami (1977), quoted in [2007-05-19, The Legacy of Falwell's Bully Pulpit, Hans Johnson, William Eskridge, The Washington Post, 0190-8286, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/18/AR2007051801392.html]

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