【正文】 erarchy, on the basis of honest conviction, on the question of the nuclear , the controversy about the Moral Majority arises not only from its views, but from its namewhich, in the minds of many, seems to imply that only one set of public policies is moral and only one majority can possibly be , people are and should be perplexed when the religious lobbying group Christian Voice publishes a morality index of congressional voting records, which judges the morality of senators by their attitude toward Zimbabwe and me 。m a member in good standing.[Falwell: Somewhat] Somewhat, he is, of course, a nonpolitical speech which is probably best under the I am not a candidate for President, it would certainly be inappropriate to ask for your support in this election and probably inaccurate to thank you for it in the last have e here to discuss my beliefs about faith and country, tolerance and truth in know we begin with certain disagreements。but not every public issue involves religious how ironic it is when those very values are denied in the name of example, we are sometimes told that it is wrong to feed the hungry, but that mission is an explicit mandate given to us in the 25th chapter of , we must respect the independent judgments of who proclaim moral and religious values can offer counsel, but they should not casually treat a position on a public issue as a test of fealty to as I disagree with the Catholic bishops on tuition tax creditswhich I opposeso other Catholics can and do disagree with the hierarchy, on the basis of honest conviction, on the question of the nuclear , the controversy about the Moral Majority arises not only from its views, but from its namewhich, in the minds of many, seems to imply that only one set of public policies is moral and only one majority can possibly be , people are and should be perplexed when the religious lobbying group Christian Voice publishes a morality index of congressional voting records, which judges the morality of senators by their attitude toward Zimbabwe and me offer another has writtenand I quote: “To stand against Israel is to stand against God.” Nowthere is no one in the Senate who has stood more firmly for Israel than I , I do not doubt the faith of those on the other error is not one of religion, but of I hope to be able to persuade them that they are wrong in terms of both America’s interest and the justice of Israel’s for conscience is most in jeopardy, and the harmony of our diverse society is most at risk, when we reestablish, directly or indirectly, a religious test for public relic of the colonial era, which is specifically prohibited in the Constitution, has reappeared in recent the last election, the Reverend James Robison warned President Reagan no to surround himself, as president before him had, “with the counsel of the ungodly.” I utterly reject any such standard for any position anywhere in public centuries ago, the victims were Catholics and the 1980s the victims could be atheists。第一篇：美國經(jīng)典英文演講100篇Truth_and_Tolerance_in_America美國經(jīng)典英文演講100篇: “Truth and Tolerance in America”Edward Faith, Truth and Tolerance in , a number of people in Washington were surprised that I was invited to speak hereand even more surprised when I accepted the seem to think that it’s easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a Kennedy to e to the campus of Liberty Baptist honor of our meeting, I have asked , as your Chancellor, to permit all the students an extra hour next Saturday night before in return, I have promised to watch the Old Time Gospel Hour next Sunday realize that my visit may be a little as many of you have heard, recently sent me a membership in the Moral Majorityand I didn39。and to give any effect to the moral values of their creed, people of faith must speak directly about public Catholic bishops and the Reverend Billy Graham have every right to stand for the nuclear freeze, and has every right to stand against must be standards for the exercise of such leadership, so that the obligations of belief will not be debased into an opportunity for mere political to take a stand at all when a question is both properly public and truly moral is to stand in a long and honored of the great evangelists of the 1800s were in the forefront of the abolitionist our own time, the Reverend William Sloane Coffin challenged the morality of the war in John XXIII renewed the Gospel’s call to social Luther King, was the greatest prophet of this century, awakened our nation and its conscience to the evil of racial words have blessed our who now wishes they had been silent? Who would bid Pope John Paul [II] to quiet his voice against the oppression in Eastern Europe, the violence in Central America, or the crying needs of the landless, the hungry, and those who are tortured in so many of the dark political prisons of our time? President Kennedy, who said that “no religious body should seek to impose its will,” also urged religious leaders to state their views and give their mitment when the public debate involved ethical drawing the line between imposed will and essential witness, we keep church and state separate, and at the same time we recognize that the City of God should speak to the civic duties of men and are four tests which draw that line and define the , we must respect the integrity of religion of conscience should be careful how they deal in the word of their our own history, religion has been falsely invoked to sanction prejudiceeven slaveryto condemn labor unions and public spending for the believe that the prophecy, ”The poor you have always with you” is an indictment, not a I respectfully suggest that God has taken no position on the Department of Educationand that a balanced budget constitutional amendment is a matter of economic analysis, and not heavenly values cannot be excluded from every public issue。t even apply for I wonder if that means that I