Fallwell.com is Parody After All

This may end up being a fairly brief entry as I’ve been crazy-busy at work lately :-/. In any case, I was pleased to learn that the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal regarding Fallwell.com. In case you haven't heard of the case, it was brought by Rev. Dr. Jerry Falwell (one “L” in the middle) about the domain Fallwell.com which parodies him (with two “Ls” in the middle).

In its ruling against Falwell, the lower court wrote, "After even a quick glance at the content of the website … no one seeking Reverend Falwell's guidance would be misled by the domain name http://www.fallwell.com into believing that Reverend Falwell authorized the content of that website."

Falwell has long been a vocal opponent of human rights for gays and is well-known for taking his arguments and reasoning to laughably absurd lengths. Shortly after the terrorist attacks of 2001, for example, Falwell blamed the attacks on gays and lesbians, among others, on Pat Robertson's 700 Club program. He later denied saying what everyone heard him say and finally issued an apology several days later. […]

Well, yay 1st Amendment :).

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