Biography

On The 700 Club (1966) he stated that the attacks on September 11, 2001, were the result of God removing a protective barrier from the United States as punishment for the nation's acceptance of homosexuals and feminists and blamed the politicians for "allowing it to happen", a sentiment that show host Pat Robertson readily agreed with. Contrary to popular belief, neither Falwell nor Robertson ever apologized.

Declared that Tinky-Winky, a character on the childrens' TV show Teletubbies (1997), was in fact a homosexual, as he carries what Falwell claimed to be a purse, and was intended to subliminally indoctrinate children to accept homosexuality.

Once claimed that the Antichrist would be a Jewish male, something he apologized for when he heard the outcry against it.

Sued Penthouse magazine for publishing an interview he'd given to an independent journalist.

Was once the victim of a prankster who programmed his computer to dial Falwell's 1-800 number every 30 seconds, then hang up. Since Falwell's organization had to pay for each call, it wound up costing them thousands of dollars.

[on the reasons for the terrorist attack on New York City on 9/11/01] I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say, "You helped this happen!"

My heart was burning to serve Christ, I knew nothing would ever be the same again.

AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals.

Homosexuality is Satan's diabolical attack upon the family that will not only have a corrupting influence upon our next generation, but it will also bring down the wrath of God upon America.

If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being.