Senator Ted Kennedy died over night.
We thought an appropriate tribute by the Episcopal Cafe would be to share with you his speech on Faith, Truth and Tolerance in America delivered 3 October 1983, Liberty Baptist College (Liberty University), Lynchburg, VA.
You can listen or read it all thanks to American Rhetoric.
A snippet of the speech:
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 commitment when the public debate involved ethical issues. In 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 women.
Watch the beginning of the speech: