Template:Did you know nominations/William E. Woods

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The result was: promoted by Valereee (talk) 13:03, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

William E. Woods

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... that the only two names mentioned in conservative activist Jerry Falwell's farewell speech after his truncated 1981 trip to Hawaii were Bill Woods and Jesus Christ? Source: Politico, "When conservative televangelist Jerry Falwell traveled to Hawaii in May 1981 [...] Woods led a group that beat him to register the name with state authorities [...] When he held a rally outside the state capitol in Honolulu, Falwell was confronted by a sheriff presenting him with a summons: the Moral Majority of Hawaii was suing his Moral Majority, Inc. for using its name. Concerned they could get ensnared in the litigation, other venues which had agreed to host stops on Falwell’s Hawaii tour cancelled. Before retreating back to Virginia, a disconsolate Falwell gave a farewell speech that mentioned only two names: Jesus Christ and Bill Woods."
- ALT1:... that after William E. Woods had cut short a 1981 trip to Hawaii by Jerry Falwell Sr., the only two people mentioned in Falwell's farewell speech were Woods and Jesus Christ? Source: See ALT0
- ALT2:... that William E. Woods took three same-sex couples to fill out marriage licenses in 1990, beginning a series of events that would lead to the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States? Source: Politico, "Bill Woods had plans to make news, not history. He would bring three same-sex couples, two female and one male, to the main office of the Hawaii Department of Public Health in downtown Honolulu, where they would complete applications for marriage licenses. [...] What they had done was set in motion a chain of events that would send a novel legal question from the outskirts of the American imagination to the floor of Congress and the Oval Office in a little more than five years. Within a quarter-century, the U.S. Supreme Court would end the debate for good."

Reviewed: Hippobosca longipennis
Comment: Ideally this could run before the end of June, since it's Pride Month.

Created by Ezlev (talk). Self-nominated at 21:41, 4 June 2021 (UTC).

This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and any of the hooks could be used, the article is neutral, and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Request is for this to appear in June. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:45, 25 June 2021 (UTC)