Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve

English

Etymology

From the Abrahamic Adam and Eve narrative, with Steve chosen for the rhyme. Popularized by televangelist Jerry Falwell in the late 1970s United States.[1]

Phrase

Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve

  1. (derogatory, offensive) A phrase indicating the notion that only heterosexual relations are valid.
    • 1998 December 6, Paul Rudnick, “THEATER; If Sex Has Lost Its Shock Value, How About God?”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:
      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

  1. ^ Zach Schonfeld (1 July 2015), “The Surprising History of the Phrase 'Adam and Eve, Not Adam and Steve'”, in Newsweek‎[1]: “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.”
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