I do not write this post to celebrate his death as others have. I am saddened for his family, both in their personal grief and in the inevitable glut of media they must now face. Jerry Falwell was not a man that I agreed with, obviously. In his own misguided way, he probably did more harm than good in both the recognition of normality in gays and lesbians and in the vast misunderstanding of Christianity.

The latter bothers me more than the former, because though I can understand his not accepting homosexuality, I cannot understand why the media in the country have latched on to his fringe and outright hate-filled beliefs as an accurate representation of the modern ministry of Jesus. I take that back, I can understand it, I just abhor it. And once again, the media will spin its tales, relating one caricature of a Christian with the rest of us, oversimplifying, distorting, and dishonoring the truth.

The only hope now is that Jerry, at least, knows the truth.

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