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Separation of Church and State: Part I: The Constitutional Aspect
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Item Title Separation of Church and State: Part I: The Constitutional Aspect
Guest Paulsen, Michael
Guest Kinsley, Michael E.
Guest Dershowitz, Alan M.
Guest Graglia, Lino A.
Guest Teitel, Ruti G.
Guest Neuhaus, Richard John
Guest Dorsen, Norman
Guest Lynn, Barry W.
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedSeptember 08, 1994
Description

A kaleidoscopic pair of shows, as rapid-fire duels alternate with calm--and deeply informative--reflection. ND: "With respect to the church-state issue ... there are two provisions in the First Amendment, and they look in opposite directions ..." WFB: "I think it's complementary. Don't you agree, Father Neuhaus? My chances of practicing my religion increase to the extent that yours decrease of establishing a religion." RJN: "Your point is exactly right, and of course that drives to the heart of an important disagreement. The two provisions of the one religion clause are not, in my judgment, to be balanced one against the other.... The clear purpose of the religion clause ... --and it is grammatically one clause and in purpose one clause--is to protect religious freedom." ... AD: "If Abraham today had gone out to sacrifice Isaac, I would indict him for attempted murder." LG: "Would you defend him?" AD: "I would defend him." ... WFB: "If I say I believe in incest?" AD: "I would like to try to talk you out of it." WFB: "There're a lot of interesting ways of handling that question, but one that immediately catches my attention is that it's proscribed by the Bible." AD: "And so how do you persuade somebody who doesn't believe in the Bible?" WFB: "The Bible I consider to be the centerpiece from which the moral culture of our society springs." ND: "The Athenians had a highly developed theoretical construct that guided the people. There are other ways of developing values."

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Place RecordedNew York City, New York, United States
DimensionsDuration: 30 minutes
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Hoover IDProgram S1020
Record Number80040.1285
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