Word: churches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...know why you should make a statement of that kind, but I do know that I will never permit it to go unchallenged. . . . I do not feel that I should charge you with making this statement for any political purpose, as it was made in a church devoted to the teachings of Christ, one of which was, 'Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor...
...therefore ask you, in a spirit of American fair play, to invite me to your church at any time that suits your convenience during the week inclusive of and beginning Sept. 2 and I ask you to make the same statement in my presence with such proof of its truth as you may be able to advance. I further ask that you permit me to make full reply. In order that you may not be embarrassed, I will permit you, if you choose, to conduct the meeting by question and answer...
...letter in the newspapers, Dr. Straton promptly agreed to the debate, and made almost hourly suggestions, such as a return debate in St. Patrick's Cathedral, a continuation of the debate in a dozen southern cities, and that the largest Manhattan auditorium be selected in preference to Calvary Church. The Governor would have none of these. He desired merely to defend his reputation as a (sexually) right-thinking man before the congregation before which he believed he had been slandered by innuendo...
...curious comment on it all came from New York Supreme Court Justice William Harmon Black (a trustee of Dr. Straton's church) who said...
...Straton is the ablest orator, in my opinion, in the Baptist Church and knows more about the Bible in a minute than I will ever know...