Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; Fls116; A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That We Need Not Fear the Religious Right
- Episode Number
- Fls116
- Producing Organization
- Southern Educational Communications Association
- South Carolina Educational Television Network
- Contributing Organization
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University (Stanford, California)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/514-bk16m33x4k
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- Description
- Episode Description
- A high-voltage debate that goes beyond the narrow question of the "Religious Right" to examine the whole place of religion in American life. We start with Mr. Buckley's relaxed view: "If the Religious Right were to prevail, would their success impede you in your endeavors? Well, if you make your living by making blue movies or producing pornography, you might find life a little harder than it used to be.... Does anybody in this audience fear that SAT scores would diminish if the Religious Right were successful? ... Will anyone here wake up sweating with fear because a rabbi has been asked to recite a prayer at the commencement of your son or daughter?"... HW: "You attended public schools yourself? JN: "Yes. West Hartford, Connecticut." HW: "Good. And did they have prayers in those schools?" JN: "All the time. My sister was the Virgin Mary year after year." PR: "She was Jewish, after all." HW: "... Senator Arlen Specter, when he would not support prayer in school, was talking about his personal discomfort as a young Jewish boy having to sit and listen to prayers and feel isolated-and I'm not just talking about Jews. There are Moslems, there are many other people."... JN: "You want to talk about rather trivial issues, and I am trying to get across a main point, which is that religion is not something that can be private, as Mr. Glasser said. Religion is something that forms your personality and tells you why you're alive. On that basis I favor separation of church and state, but I can't contemplate the separation of religion and politics."
- Series Description
- The television series Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. was a venue for debate and discussion on political, social, and philosophical issues with experts of the day. Firing Line broadcasts from 1966 through March 1971 were produced and syndicated by WOR-TV, a commercial station in New York, but some of them were also broadcast on noncommercial television stations. Starting in April 1971, Firing Line broadcasts were produced by the Southern Educational Communications Association, an arm of South Carolina Educational Television. Hoover Institution Library & Archives' Firing Line collection guide can be found at: https://www.hoover.org/library-archives/collections/firing-line.
- Date
- 1993-09-09
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Talk Show
- Topics
- Public Affairs
- Subjects
- United States; conservatism; Religious aspects; Christianity; religious right; Evangelicalism; fundamentalism; Christianity and politics
- Rights
- Copyright held by Stanford University. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives on behalf of Stanford University.
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Guest: Lynn, Barry W.
Guest: West, Cornel
Guest: Buckley, William F., Jr.
Guest: Robertson, Pat
Guest: Neusner, Jacob
Guest: Hyde, Henry J.
Guest: Glasser, Ira
Guest: Woods, Harriett
Host: Buckley, William F., Jr.
Moderator: Kinsley, Michael E.
Producing Organization: Southern Educational Communications Association
Producing Organization: South Carolina Educational Television Network
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Stanford University
Identifier: 80040.1242 (Hoover Institution)
Generation: Proxy
Duration: 2:00:00
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; Fls116; A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That We Need Not Fear the Religious Right,” 1993-09-09, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 20, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-bk16m33x4k.
- MLA: “Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; Fls116; A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That We Need Not Fear the Religious Right.” 1993-09-09. Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 20, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-bk16m33x4k>.
- APA: Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; Fls116; A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That We Need Not Fear the Religious Right. Boston, MA: Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-bk16m33x4k