Whether or not one agrees with him on specific moral or theological points, Mr.

Falwell ably defends his organization against accusations--by, among others, the ACLU and the President of Yale--that it promotes anti-Semitism and other forms of hate. JF: "Religious tests to prevent one from running for office are not only unconstitutional, they are unthinkable.... In this pluralistic democratic republic, one who would deny a Roman Catholic or a fundamentalist or a Jew or a Mormon the right to hold office--or any other person, black or white--is denying the very precept upon which the nation was established.... I think that we must stand against religious tests, but every citizen has the right to know what his representative believes or doesn't believe."