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...When we recite the roll of the boring [July 13], how can we leave out that evangelist of bisexualism, Gore Vidal? And who could think of either Vidal or boredom without thinking of the King of Leer, William F. Buckley Jr.? Who could be more tiresome than Billy Graham? The list is obviously far from complete...
Though most street Christians share such a fundamentalist streak, no two houses or communes are exactly alike. On Sunset Strip, for instance, Evangelist Tony Alamo, a onetime record promoter, preaches hellfire and damnation to anyone who refuses to live by the Gospel. He and his wife Susan guard their flocks rigidly at Christian Foundation, their church and commune...
...written a number of essays on the Middle West, including "Time to Remember 'Forgotten America' " and 1969's Man of the Year cover on Mr. and Mrs. Middle America. Among other preparations for writing the story, Lance talked about definitions of patriotism with Evangelist Billy Graham, who dropped in to discuss patriotism and religion as he launched a new crusade in New York...
There is hope for the hirsute, however. Evangelist Billy Graham, in New York City for a crusade at Shea Stadium, fingered his collar-length silver-blond curls and gave his blessing to the Age of Aquarius. "I don't object to long hair in any way," he insists. "I have nothing but love for those who wear it." Today Billy Graham, tomorrow the world...
...microcosm of the national encounter. Its sponsors conceived it as a nonpartisan happening, a patriotic family outing on a Disney scale. As an earnest of their neutral intentions, they enlisted Senator George McGovern and some other heroes of the war-protest movement. But the rally will be dominated by Evangelist Billy Graham, Comedian Bob Hope?both close friends of President Nixon's?and a 1967 Miss Teen-Age America finalist who will recite "I Speak for Democracy." To many, it appears to be aimed at implicit support for the policies of the Nixon Administration...