i could multiply the instances of name-call ing sometimes on both sides. Dr. Falwell is not a warmonger." And"liberal clergymen"are not, as the moral majority suggested in a recent letter, equivalent to Soviet sympathizers. The critics of of f icial prayer in public schools are not "Pharisees" many of them are both civil libertarians and believers, who think that f amilies should pray more at home with their children, and attend church and synagogue more faith ully. And people are not sexist because they stand against abortion, and they are not murderers because they believe in free choice. Nor does it help anyones cause to shout such epithets or to try and shout a speaker down --which is what happened last April when Dr. Falwell was hissed and heckled at Harvard so i am doubly grateful for your courtesy here this evening. That was not Harvard's finest hour, but I am happy to say that the loudest applause from the Harvard audience came in defense of Dr. Falwell's right to speak In short, I hope for an America where neither fundamentalist" nor humanist" will be a dirty word but a fair description of the different ways in which people of good ill look at life and into their own souls I hope for an America where no president no pub lic official, no indiv idual will ever be deemed a greater or lesser American because of religious doubt --or religious I hope for an America where the power of faith will a lways burn brightly but where no modern Inquisitio n of any kind will ever light the fires of fear, coercion or angry division I hope for an America where we can all contend freely and vigoro usly but where we will treasure and guard those standards of civ ility which a lone make this nation safe Twenty years ago this fall, in New York City President Kennedy met for the last time with a Protestant assembly. The atmosphere had been transformed since his earlier address during the 1960 campaign to the Houston Ministerial Association He had spoken there to allay suspicions about his Catholicism, and to answer those who claimed that on the day of his baptism he was somehow disqua lif ied from becoming President. His speech in Houston and then his election drove that prejudice from the center of our national life. Now three years later, in November of 1963, he was appearing before the Protestant Council of New York City to reaffirm what he regarded as some fundamental truths. On that occasion, John Kennedy said: The f amily of man is not limited to a single race or religion, to a single city, or country . the family of man is nearly 3 billion strong. Most of its members are not white and most of them are not Christian And as president Kennedy ref lected on that reality, he restated an ideal for which he had lived his life--that "the members of this family should be at peace with one another.I could multiply the instances of name-calling, sometimes on both sides. Dr. Falwell is not a “warmonger.” And “liberal clergymen” are not, as the Moral Majority suggested in a recent letter, equivalent to “Soviet sympathizers.” The critics of of ficial prayer in public schools are not “Pharisees”; many of them are both civil libertarians and believers, who think that families should pray more at home with their children, and attend church and synagogue more faithfully. And people are not sexist because they stand against abortion, and they are not murderers because they believe in f ree choice. Nor does it help anyone’s cause to shout such epithets, or to try and shout a speaker down -- which is what happened last April when Dr. Falwell was hissed and heckled at Harvard. So I am doubly grateful for your courtesy here this evening. That was not Harvard’s finest hour, but I am happy to say that the loudest applause f rom the Harvard audience came in defense of Dr. Falwell’s right to speak. In short, I hope for an America where neither "fundamentalist" nor "humanist" will be a dirty word, but a fair description of the different ways in which people of good will look at life and into their own souls. I hope for an America where no president, no public of ficial, no individual will ever be deemed a greater or lesser American because of religious doubt -- or religious belief . I hope for an America where the power of faith will always burn brightly, but where no modern Inquisition of any kind will ever light the fires of fear, coercion, or angry division. I hope for an America where we can all contend f reely and vigorously, but where we will treasure and guard those standards of civility which alone make this nation safe for both democracy and diversity. Twenty years ago this fall, in New York City, President Kennedy met for the last time with a Protestant assembly. The atmosphere had been transformed since his earlier address during the 1960 campaign to the Houston Ministerial Association. He had spoken there to allay suspicions about his Catholicism, and to answer those who claimed that on the day of his baptism, he was somehow disqualified f rom becoming President. His speech in Houston and then his election drove that prejudice f rom the center of our national life. Now, three years later, in November of 1963, he was appearing before the Protestant Council of New York City to reaf firm what he regarded as some fundamental truths. On that occasion, John Kennedy said: “The family of man is not limited to a single race or religion, to a single city, or country...the family of man is nearly 3 billion strong. Most of its members are not white and most of them are not Christian.” And as President Kennedy reflected on that reality, he restated an ideal for which he had lived his life -- that “the members of this family should be at peace with one another