Farwell, Robertson and Wright

Washington Post, September 14, 2001
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28620-2001Sep14.html

God Gave U.S. 'What We Deserve,' Falwell Says
By John F. Harris, Washington Post Staff Writer

Television evangelists Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, two of the most prominent voices of the religious right, said liberal civil liberties groups, feminists, homosexuals and abortion rights supporters bear partial responsibility for Tuesday's terrorist attacks because their actions have turned God's anger against America.

"God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve," said Falwell, appearing yesterday on the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club," hosted by Robertson.

"Jerry, that's my feeling," Robertson responded. "I think we've just seen the antechamber to terror. We haven't even begun to see what they can do to the major population."

Falwell said the American Civil Liberties Union has "got to take a lot of blame for this," again winning Robertson's agreement: "Well, yes."
The Reverend Jeremiah Wright said in 2001 that the 9/11 attacks were like "chickens coming home to roost".