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Larry Flynt's Official Response to Jerry Falwell's Death
In November 1983, Hustler magazine once published a satirical advertisement that claimed Moral Majority founder Jerry Falwell lost his virginity in a drunken hookup with his mom in an outhouse. Falwell immediately sued Hustler publisher Larry Flynt, claiming that the magazine not only libeled the religious leader but also caused emotional distress. A court dismissed the libel claim but awarded Falwell $200,000 for distress. An appeals court upheld the decision, though in 1988 it went to the Supreme Court, who threw out the award, ruling that the First Amendment protects the right to parody public figures, even in a pornographic magazine. The court case was depicted in the movie The People Vs. Larry Flynt, which starred Woody Harrelson and Courtney Love.
Almost as soon as Falwell died, everyone From an official statement Hustler publisher Larry Flynt released yesterday:
"The Reverend Jerry Falwell and I were arch enemies for fifteen years. We became involved in a lawsuit concerning First Amendment rights and Hustler magazine. Without question, this was my most important battle – the l988 Hustler Magazine, Inc., v. Jerry Falwell case, where after millions of dollars and much deliberation, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in my favor.
Almost as soon as Falwell died, everyone From an official statement Hustler publisher Larry Flynt released yesterday:
"The Reverend Jerry Falwell and I were arch enemies for fifteen years. We became involved in a lawsuit concerning First Amendment rights and Hustler magazine. Without question, this was my most important battle – the l988 Hustler Magazine, Inc., v. Jerry Falwell case, where after millions of dollars and much deliberation, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in my favor.
My mother always
told me that no matter how much you dislike a person, when you meet
them face to face you will find characteristics about them that you
like. Jerry Falwell was a perfect example of that. I hated everything
he stood for, but after meeting him in person, years after the trial,
Jerry Falwell and I became good friends. He would visit me in
The most important result of our relationship was the landmark decision from the Supreme Court that made parody protected speech, and the fact that much of what we see on television and hear on the radio today is a direct result of my having won that now famous case which Falwell played such an important role in."
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Asaph s offical response to Jerry Falwell s death.
The Bible is quite clear when it say s because of our sin,we deserve eternal death in a place called Hell after we die.But God in His mercy sent His Son Jesus to this Earth 2000 years ago,to take that penalty of eternal death in our place.This was done when Jesus died on the cross.
Jesus suffered,bleed,and died on the cross for you,for me,for the sins of mankind.He took the wrath of God for our sins upon himself.He was buried,and three days later he rose from the dead bodily by His own power to grant you,me, everyone eternal life. Because of what Jesus did,God can grant everlasting life to any person who will repent of their sin,believe Jesus died on the cross for them,and by faith recive Him,and ask Jesus into your heart as you Savior.
This is the message that Jerry Falwell has been consistant,and preached to the world for over 50 years.
He has been very faithful to the cause of Christ,and the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Larry Flint is one person who knows this.
I am not here to judge Mr Flint,Hugh Heffner,or any other person,but if they, or anyone dies without a saving relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ,they will not be able to say on the day of judgement they didnt know.
Jerry Falwell has spent his life warning the world that judgement is coming.
Now that My Falwell is gone I will honor his memory,by giving this same warning to Larry Flint,Hugh Heffer,or anyone who will listen.
Im going to give you the opportunity right now to accept Jesus as your Savior.
" God have mercy upon me a sinner and save me for Christ sake.Amen"
Mr Flint,Mr Heffner or anyone,if you will pary this prayer from your heart,to Gods heart,God will forgive your sins,and take you to Heaven when you die.
Well done Mr Falwell. I will see you in Heaven. I love you and I will miss you.
My condolences to Mrs Macel Falwell and the family.
Asaph Adonai
Posted by: Asaph Adonai
Wed 16, 2007 09:19 AM
My official response to Asaph: What the fuck? This isn't a pulpit and we're not interested in sitting in your congregation. So save the Sunday sermons for another time and another place.
Posted by: jenny
Wed 16, 2007 10:18 AM
My official response to Jenny. I find it ironic that you are spewing venom at someone that is just being sincere and excerising their first amendment right. Larry Flint gets it...why don\'t you?
Posted by: jake
Wed 16, 2007 01:48 PM
I get it just fine. I just find it ridiculous to write a huge statement on how the lord will save us all as a comment to a story like this.
Posted by: jenny
Wed 16, 2007 01:56 PM
Double, double TROLL and trouble!
Posted by: JRP
Wed 16, 2007 02:41 PM
My response to Miss Jenny.With all due respect,the fact that you use the term "What the fuck? clearly tells me,you know in your heart The Bible is true
Romans 10 vs 13 Whosoever shall call upon the name of The Lord shall be saved
Lord Bless you Miss Jenny
Posted by: Asaph Adonai
Thu 17, 2007 10:06 AM
So we can thank this little jabba the hutt for making it okay to viciously defame people in the most horrible and hide behind "parody" banner.
Gee, thanks Larry. You've done so much for society.
Posted by: james
Fri 18, 2007 11:20 AM
Yea!, he is dead and going to hell were he belongs!
Posted by: bean
Sat 19, 2007 07:38 PM
that man was a racist
Posted by: polow da don
Sun 03, 2007 07:39 PM
LARRY,
I AM.. I AM NOT JESUS.. I AM JUST SOMEBODY TRYING TO GET ON THE
RIGHT TRACK AND SERVE HIM.. THIS EMAIL IS MAYBE NOT JUST ANY OTHER ONE..
THIS MIGHT HAVE GODS EYES ON IT.. SO DO NOT TAKE THIS LIGHTLY.. I JUST
GOT DONE POURING MY HEART OUT TO GOD ABOUT HELPING ME AND SEEING MY
THROUGH SO I CAN MASTER SIN IN MY LIFE AND COME OUT A CHAMPION.. I JUST
GOT DONE ASKING HIM TO HELP ME BLESS THOSE WHO HAVE CURSED ME AND I WAS
ASKING HIM MORE THINGS TO HELP ME HELP OTHERS.. I DID NOT COME LOOKING
FOR YOU BUT YOUR SITE LARRY FLINT CAME UP.. I WAS GOING TO STAY FAR
AWAY FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT.. LISTEN TO ME AND PLEASE LET LARRY READ
THIS.. I WAS DONE.. I WAS BASICALLY GOING TO HIDE AND THEN RE SURFACE..
NAKED GIRLS AND PORN AND FLESH AND STUFF HAVE BEEN SWARMING AROUND
ALMOST AT AN UNHEARD OF RATE.. WELL LARRY, WHEN BEES SWARM I ALWAYS
HEARD YOU JUMP IN WATER.. THAT IS WHERE I WAS GOING.. TO A POOL FOR A
FEW YEARS AND THEN SURFACE SO I COULD PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL OF
JESUS.. I AM NOT THAT OLD BUT I SEEMED TO REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A KID
THAT YOU WERE FRIENDS WITH A PREACHER.. I CAN NAME OFF 3 OR 4 FAMILIES
THAT I HAVE PASSED IN THE LAST WEEK THAT DEAL WITH LOVED ONCES WHO ARE
PERMENTLY IN A WHEEL CHAIR.. I HAVE A KEY RING FROM JERUSELEM THAT SAYS
LAIM GET UP AND WALK.. I CAN NOT FIND A WAY WHEN I TALK TO A FEW
PEOPLE I KNOW WHO ARE HANDICAPPED TO TELL THEM ABOUT THE KEY RING.. I
WOULD LOVE TOO BUT I AM TRYING TO BE CURTIOUS AND YOU KNOW, I LOVE PEOPLE
MORE THEN ME SOMETIMES.. I LIKE TELLING STORIES.. WHEN I GO SEE
PEOPLE I TRY TO TELL THEM STORY AFTER STORY, JUST TO KEEP THEM LAUGHING..
LARRY.. MAYBE I WAS GONNA CUT ALL TIES TO THE FLESH AND THEN YOUR NAME
CAME UP... SO MAYBE I HAVE TO KEEP PRAYING HARD FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
MAKING PORN.. I BELIEVE YOU CAN DEAL WITH THINGS WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT
THEM.. BUT NOW PEOPLE SEEM TO FEEL LIKE JUST LETTING IT ALL HANG OUT..
OF SINNERS I AM THE WORST.. I HAVE BEEN A TERRIBLE SINNER BUT I
WAS POURING MY HEART OUT ABOUT CHANGING.. I ALSO ASKED GOD THAT WHEN
I DO GET TO BE A MASTER OF SIN TO BE ABLE TO BE FIERCE AGAINST IT..
THAT MEANS ALL OF IT.. EVEN THE THINGS THAT MADE ME STUMBLE.. YOUR NAME
CAME UP WITH THAT ALONG WITH THE BLESSING.. SO EITHER I AM SUPPOSED TO
BLESS THOSE WHO CURSE ME OR HANDLE THINGS FIERCLY WITH LARRY FLINT.. I
AM NOT IN THE MOOD TO EXCHANGE WISDOM.. I ASK FOR LOVE AND ALL PEOPLE
GIVE BACK IS A REPEATATION OF WHAT MY DAY CONSISTED OF.. TO SHOW ME
HOW MUCH THEY LOVE ME AND CARE FOR ME IN CHRIST THEY SHOW ME THAT THEY
KNOW I DID THIS SIN AND THAT SIN AND THAT SIN AND OH THAT SIN TOO.. SOME
HUG.. SOME KISS.. JUST A RECORD OF MY WRONGS.. I KNEW THAT. I WAS
LOOKING FOR A LAUGH AND A JOKE.. THOSE LAUGHS AND JOKES ARE FEW AND FAR
BETWEEN LARRY.. PLEASE CHANGE YOUR WAYS.. STOP PORN ALL TOGETHER....
I WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MAN IN THE TENT GETTING SPEARED OUT OF ZEAL IN
BIBLICAL DAYS.. I AM LUCKY TO BE ALIVE... IT STILL DOES NOT MEAN
THAT I CAN NEVER HAVE ZEAL IN MY OWN LIFE.. THAT IS WHAT I AM LOOKING
FOR ZEAL... BASICALLY LARRY I HATE SIN.. I HATE TALKING TO PEOPLE
UNLESS I AM TELLING THEM ABOUT JESUS.. ALL MY DAYS CONSIST OF ARE
GLANCES WHERE I LOOK FOR SIN SO I CAN STOP.. PLEASE HELP.. GOD PUTS PEOPLE
IN THE EYES OF THEIR ENEMYS. IF HE DOES THAT THEN I HAVE TO LEAVE ROOM
TO HELP THEM IN MY HEART NO MATTER HOW MUCH I HATE THEIR SIN.. I HATE
MY SIN.. I LOVE THOSE GUYS OUT THEIR SINNING I JUST HOPE THEY STOP..
LARRY.. WOULD YOU HELP IN SILENCE.. LET PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR WAYS IN
SILENCE.. NO EXPLANATION. JUST DROP OFF OF THE SCENE AND FADE AWAY TO
THE LAND OF GREEN PASTURES.. WITHOUT ANSWERING BACK TO THE WORLD THAT
THEY ARE LEAVING.. I ASK YOU TO RANSOM SOME SOULS TODAY LARRY.. I ASKED
GOD FOR 2 YEARS OF HELP TONIGHT, ON MY BEHALF BEFORE I FOUND YOUR
NAME.. NOW I AM WONDERING SINCE YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND
WRONG IF YOU ARE GONNA DO A LITTLE HELPING OF YOUR OWN.. FOR 2
YEARS LEAD A MISSION TO SILENTLY OR SOME OTHER WAY HELP YOU OR OTHERS
TO GO FARTHER AND FARTHER AWAY FROM PORN AND THE FLESH.. 2 YEARS.. 2
YEARS.. THIS MESSAGE MIGHT JUST BE GOD ORDAINED.. SO I ASK YOU TO
CONSIDER WHAT I SAY.. I WAS READY TO FINISH BUT YOUR NAME CAME UP.. THIS
MIGHT BE WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR.. SILENCE IS GOLDEN.. PEOPLE
STILL HAVE HEARTS AND WHEN MEDIA LEAKS EVERYTHING IT HURTS THEM AND
THEIR FAMILY.. HELP PEOPLE LIVE A LIFE WHERE THEY CAN GO PLACES AND BE
FREE FROM SIN.. NOW FILLED UP WITH A PAST THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS JUST
BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN NOT KEEP THIER MOUTHS SHUT AND MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS..
EVEN IF THAT IS HOW BUSINESS WORKS THESE DAYS THEN WHY NOT HELP CHANGE
IT.. 2 YEARS.. 2 YEARS OF HELP TO GOD AND HIS WAYS.. LARRY
2 YEARS... I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG I WILL BE USED BY GOD TO BE NICE
TO SINNERS.. ONE DAY.. MAYBE HE MIGHT ASK ME TO GO THROUGH THE
CITY AND EAT THE HEARTS OUT OF ALL THE DEMONS AND SINNERS WHO HAVE HURT
HIS CHILDREN.. MAYBE.. HE MIGHT ASK ME TO DESTROY EVIL.. I AM NOT
TELLING GOD NO.. LIKE I SAID I WOULD BE GETTING DESTROYED TOO.. IF I WERE
NOT SO CONCIOUS OF SIN AND RIGHT AND WRONG.. BUT I COULD BE ON THE
LIST.. PEOPLE DO NOT BELIEVE IN THAT ANYWAY LARRY THEY BELIEVE IN GRACE..
SO DO I.. BUT I ALSO BELIEVE IN KEEPING MY EARS OPEN TO HEAR GOD FOR
ANY REQUEST HE ASK.. HE COULD ASK ME TO BUILD AN ARK.. HE COULD ASK ME
TO SACRIFICE MY CHILD.. HE COULD ASK ME TO STOP DRINKING SODA.. WHO
KNOWS.. I HAVE TO ACT BETTER THAN ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE. 2 YEARS LARRY..
WOULD YOU AT LEAST READ SOME OF YOUR BIBLE EACH NIGHT.. THIS MESSAGE
MIGHT NOT ME SOMTHING THAT WAS JUST WRITTEN OUT OF FUN.. IT MIGHT BE
A CALL ON YOUR LIFE TO GIVE YOU LIFE AGAIN AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS
TOO.. LARRY,,,, I DO NOT NEED YOU TO REPEAT MY DAY.. I AM NOT
GOING TO REPEAT YOUR DAY.. JUST TURN FROM YOUR SIN AND SIN NO MORE.. IF
YOU STUMBLE, BURN THE BARK AND THE LOG AND KEEP GOING. LARRY 2
YEARS.. 2 YEARS..
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JESUS
Posted by: <><
Sun 28, 2007 05:23 PM
I just wanted to take a minute to thank Larry for fighting (and winning) for my rights. The right to freedom of speach surley would have been helplessly and hopelessly compromised if Larry had not gone to the plate and stood up for us all. Bravo Larry and thank you.
Posted by: David Kwelberg
Tue 20, 2008 08:54 AM
