Yes!!

Just back from lunch and I got very good news:

Rev. Jerry Falwell dead at 73

And if you ask why I'm actually glad someone died, here's one of the many reasons:

Falwell has found himself at the center of several controversies, such as the one sparked by his comments two days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in which he seemed to blame "abortionists," gays, lesbians, the ACLU and People for American Way for causing the attacks, saying they "helped this happen."

Fuck him. The world is a happier place without an asshole like that.

He won't be missed. Thank you very much.

UPDATE: More from Towleroad:

The televangelist had a long history of spewing hate toward the gay community. During the AIDS crisis he declared, "AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals." And following 9/11 he appeared on Pat Robertson's 700 Club and said "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.'"

As I said, today's a brighter day.