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Contents xix Shakti Gawain, Excerpt from Creative Visualization (1978) 1520 American Indian Religious Freedom Act, U.S. Congress (1978) 1523 Jerry Falwell, Excerpt from Listen, America! (1980) 1526 “Declaration on Euthanasia,” Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Vatican (May 5, 1980) 1530 Ronald Reagan, the Evil Empire Speech, Delivered to the National Association of Evangelicals, Orlando, Florida (March 8, 1983) 1536 Spalding Gray, Excerpt from Sex and Death at the Age of Fourteen (1986) 1543 Daisaku Ikeda, Excerpt from Songs for America: Poems by Daisaku Ikeda (1987) 1544 Klezmatics, Lyrics from “Ale Brider/We’re All Brothers,” on Shvaygen = Toyt (Silence Equals Death), Piranha Records (1988) 1553 Daisaku Ikeda, Buddhism Is the Clear Mirror That Reflects Our Lives, Delivered at the First SGI-USA Women’s Division Meeting, Soka University of America, Calabasas, California (February 27, 1990) 1554 Pat Robertson, Excerpt from The New World Order (1991) 1562 Thomas Simmons, Excerpt from The Unseen Shore: Memories of a Christian Science Childhood (1991) 1570 Religious Freedom Restoration Act, U.S. Congress (1993) 1572 Jim Wallis, “Renewing the Heart of Faith: A Prophetic Convergence of the People of God,” in Sojourners (February 1993) 1576 Anonymous Letter from Parents of a Gay Son, in Lutheran Partners ( January/February 1994) 1581 Diana Eck, “Difference Is No Excuse for Hatred,” in Christian Social Action (May 1994) 1583 William J. Clinton, Indian Sacred Sites, Executive Order 13007 (May 24, 1996) 1586 Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) (2000) 1588 Teresa Watanabe, “A Season for Understanding: Observance of Islam’s Holy Period of Ramadan Begins Monday with Fasting and an Emphasis on Self-Restraint and Generosity . . .” (November 25, 2000) 1594 George W. Bush, September 11 Attack on America, Proclamation 7462 (September 13, 2001) 1596