Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve

English Etymology From the Abrahamic Adam and Eve narrative, with en Steve, a male name, chosen for the rhyme. Popularized by televangelist Jerry Falwell in the late 1970s United States.https://www.newsweek.com/surprising-history-phrase-adam-and-eve-not-adam-and-steve-348164 Newsweek The Surprising History of the Phrase 'Adam and Eve, Not Adam and Steve' Jul 01, 2015 Zach Schonfeld The first known appearance of "Adam and Steve" came in 1977, in what would become its natural habitat: a picket sign at an anti-gay rally. Phrase phr Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve en derogatory offensive A phrase indicating the notion that only heterosexual relations are valid. 6 December 1998 w:Paul Rudnick THEATER; If Sex Has Lost Its Shock Value, How About God? https://web.archive.org/web/20150527075542/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/06/theater/theater-if-sex-has-lost-its-shock-value-how-about-god.html BIBLICAL fundamentalists often dismiss gay people by claiming that "God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve." This remark is probably the full extent of fundamentalist repartee. About three years ago, I decided to take these hard-hearted folks at their words: What if God did make Adam and Steve, and the first lesbians as well, Jane and Mabel? References en eponyms rhyming phrases en Conservatism Queerphobia LGBTQ