On September 9, 2005 Bill Moyers addressed the Union Theological Seminary in New York. Below are some excerpts from that speech.

“We can’t wiggle out of this. We’re talking about a powerful religious constituency that claims the right to tell us what’s on God’s mind and to decide the laws of the land according to their interpretation of biblical revelation and to enforce those laws on the nation as a whole. For them Bible is not just the foundational text of their faith; it has become the foundational text for a political movement...

It has to be said that their [the radical Christian right’s]success has come in no small part because of our acquiescence and timidity. Our democratic values are imperiled because too many people of reason are willing to appease irrational people just because they are pious.”
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Bill Moyers’ whole speech is available at: http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050909/911_and_the_sport_of_god.php
and is also available at:
http://progressivechristiansuniting.org/

In November, 2004 Rev. Dr. Robin Meyers of the Mayflower Church in Oklahoma City, OK gave a speech at a peace rally at Oklahoma University.
Rev. Meyers calls the religious extremists “make-believe Christians” who must be removed from power. Below are excerpts from his speech.

“I'm tired of people thinking that because I'm a Christian, I must be a supporter of President Bush, or that because I favor civil rights and gay rights I must not be a person of faith. I'm tired of people saying that I can't support the troops but oppose the war.

This country is bankrupt. The war is morally bankrupt. The claim of this administration to be Christian is bankrupt. And the only people who can turn things around are people who are just beginning to wake up to what is happening to them. It's your country to take back. It's your faith to take back. It's your future to take back.

Don't be afraid to speak out. Don't back down when your friends begin to tell you that their cause is righteous and that the flag should be wrapped around the cross, while the rest of us keep our mouths shut. Arrogance is the opposite of faith. Greed is the opposite of charity. And believing that one has never made a mistake is the mark of a deluded man, not a man of faith. And war -- war is the greatest failure of the human race -- and thus the greatest failure of faith.”

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The whole speech is available on the Progressive Christians Uniting website. http://www.progressivechristiansuniting.org/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=News&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0018
It is also available on the church’s website
http://www.mayflowerucc.org/listening/index.html