In Praise of Public Life: on Civil Rights

Participated in MLK’s March On Washington

Express religious faith in schools, within Constitution

Voices of the people in support of moral standards are beginning to speak out and be heard:
• In public places, including schools, where officials, citizens, and students are finding constitutional ways to honor and express their religious faith
• In schools where “character education” programs teach the values of civility, integrity, tolerance, and citizenship
• In the entertainment industry, where a surge of persistent public pressure has prodded the television and motion picture industries to say that they will work to stem the violent, perverse, and puerile content produced by their companies-we need much more of this
• And in the news media, where the public’s level of faith, trust, and respect has plunged-broadcasters have begun defining boundaries and retightening the fundamental journalistic standards of accuracy and fairness that have become too loose during recent years.