Think Pink Radio

Even in death, Jerry Falwell (the outer of poor Tinky Winky) is making news. The community thought we were rid of him when the 73-year-old bigot died in May, but alas we were wrong.

This week breaking news surfaced about FBI reports citing death threats against reverend Falwell in the 1980’s. The confidential documents were obtained by the Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act and included information about alleged assassination threats against Falwell.

According to the documents the 1983 assassination was going to be committed by “gays in Cincinnati,” how’s that for specific?! In response to these alleged threats on his life, FBI agents infiltrated the Cincinnati gay community through the use of a confidential informant the organization believed had specific knowledge of the gay and lesbian community in the Midwest. In an amusing debrief with FBI agents, the informant is quoted as saying “Source furnished a current copy of the Yellow Page, June, 1983, which is Cincinnati’s gay newspaper. Circulation in the Cincinnati area is shown to be 2000 copies which is not believed exaggerated. Source stated that the Downtown vicinity of Cincinnati supports eight gay bars and one lesbian bar. Source restated the general dislike for Jerry Falwell within the Cincinnati area.”

Excerpts from the actual files can be read here. A retrospective of Falwell’s hateful bile can be read here.

–Sassafras Lowrey