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Attack of the Theocrats!: How the Religious Right Harms Us All—and What We Can Do About It

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by Faircloth, Sean


  Master of the Senate, 107

  McCain, John, 102

  McCarthy, Joseph, 16, 98, 107

  McCarthyism, 16–17

  McCartney, Paul, 78–79

  McFarlane, Seth, 109

  McLeroy, Don, 54

  Mead, Margaret, 119

  megachurches, 27, 78–91

  Metskas, Amanda, 153

  Meyer, Joyce, 81–82, 85, 111

  Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers, 44, 152

  Milner, Carol, 81

  miscegenation laws, 52

  Missouri, 60

  Moon, Sung Myung, 93

  Moral Majority, 139

  morality

  legislating, 42

  and religion, 26

  sexual, 65–77

  Morton, Lucious, 44

  Muskie, Ed, 107

  Muslims, 27–28, 39, 66, 93, 96

  NARAL Pro-Choice America, 94

  National Academy of Sciences, 87

  National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, 56

  National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect, 60

  National Day of Prayer, 80, 140

  National District Attorney’s Association, 61

  National Governors Association, 54–55

  National Right to Life Committee, 103

  National Science Foundation, 138

  National Survey of Family Growth, 47

  necrophilia, 97

  Netherlands, 137

  New York Times, 27, 55

  Newman, Randy, 109

  Nicholson, Jack, 109

  Niose, David, 150

  Nixon, Richard, 26, 86, 112, 120

  Nobel Prize, 86–87, 137, 143

  nonbelievers, percentage of Americans, 12

  Northern Ireland, 9

  Norway, 137

  Notre Dame, University of, 17, 118, 149

  Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 73

  Nunnelee, Alan, 99

  O’Hair, Madalyn Murray, 151

  Obama, Barack

  and American exceptionalism, 30

  and educational standards, 54

  and faith-based initiatives, 49

  and the global “gag rule,” 46

  and National Prayer Breakfast, 33

  and Notre Dame, 17

  as target of anti-Muslims, 105

  and waterboarding, 25

  obscenity, 68–69

  Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), 90

  Officers Christian Fellowship (OCF), 44

  Ono, Yoko, 109

  Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 149

  Oregon, 55

  Osteen, Joel, 82–83, 85, 89, 111

  Osteen, Victoria, 82–83, 85–86

  Page, Bettie, 144

  Paine, Thomas, 111, 127, 131

  Palestinians, 98

  Palin, Sarah, 30–31, 93, 112, 131

  Parsley, Rod, 101–102

  Pastorpreneur, 129

  Patriot Pastors, 101–102

  Paul, Rand, 100, 126

  Paul, Ron, 100–101, 126

  Pauling, Linus, 87–89, 146

  Peale, Norman Vincent, 86

  Pearce, Steve, 92, 101

  Pearl, Michael, 63

  pedophilia, 62, 97

  Penn & Teller, 109

  Peron, Eva, 71

  Perry, Rick, 119

  pharmacists and contraception, 25

  Phillips, Kevin, 85

  Pickering, Chip, 79–80

  pill, birth control, 70

  Pillars of the Earth, 118

  Pinn, Anthony, 152

  Pitt, Brad, 20, 109, 115, 127

  Pitts, Joe, 101

  Plainview, Texas, 78

  Plait, Phil, 97

  Planned Parenthood, 74

  Pledge of Allegiance, 140

  Polzin, Neil, 51

  pornography, 97

  Portman, Ron, 101

  Prayboy Mansion, 80

  prayer, 33–34, 37, 38, 80, 94, 102, 140, 152

  Price, Tom, 102

  Prince v. Massachusetts, 61

  Prop 8, 74

  Prosperity Gospel, 81–82, 85–86

  prostitutes, 105

  Pryor, Mark, 102

  Psycho, 143

  punishment, corporal, 63

  Quayle, Ben, 102

  Quayle, Dan, 121

  Randall, Tony, 143

  rape, 45–46, 72, 75–76, 103

  Reagan, Ronald

  and the Bible, 133

  as a consistent communicator, 123

  and the global “gag rule,” 11, 46

  and Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, 100

  and separation of church and state, 32–33, 120

  and Supreme Court appointee, 39

  Red Guard, 90

  Redmond, Washington, 138

  Regents University, 103

  Rekers, George, 66

  religious bias

  and children: child discipline, 63; child-protection laws, 11, 25; child-care centers, 11, 24, 56–58; children’s medical care, 11, 58; physical abuse, 62; sexual abuse, 57, 62

  and communities, 53–54

  and dignity, 55–56

  and discrimination: Boy Scouts of America, 51; civil marriage, 52; faith-based initiatives, 49, 58; religious propaganda, 50; sexual orientation, 99, 103, 104

  and education: corporal punishment, 63; discrimination in schools, 37, 50, 61; prayer in schools, 37, 94, 102, 152; sex education, 47, 137; teaching of evolution and creationism, 28, 54, 92–94, 103; voucher programs, 50, 92

  and the environment, 12

  in Great Britain, 9

  in health: children’s health care; contraceptives, 45–46, 70, 99; health-care reform bill, 99; health education, 47; health research, 48; stem cell research, 48–49, 92, 94, 103–104, 106, 135; women’s health, 45, 46

  in law: civil marriage laws, 52; death-with-dignity laws, 55; equal rights, 18, 26, 31, 69, 72–73, 93, 94, 100, 106, 119, 138; land-use laws, 27, 53; legislating morality, 24, 42; miscegenation law, 52; Prop 8, 76;Roe v. Wade, 100; Sanctity of Life Act, 100; tax-exemption, 12, 27; zoning laws, 53

  and marriage: abstinence-until-marriage programs, 101; Defense of Marriage Act, 52, 104; Prop 8, 74; same-sex marriage, 93–96, 99–100, 101–103

  in the Middle East, 9–10

  in the military: chaplains in the military, 34, 44, expression of personal belief, 43–45; gays in the military, 97, 99, 102

  and sexual orientation: adoption by gays, 96, 99, 102, 103–104; biblical view, 38; gays in the military, 97, 99, 102; gays in the ministry, 103; gays in teaching, 95; marriage, 93–95, 99–100, 101–103; negative views, 93, 96–97, 99, 106; rights, 18, 26, 93, 119

  and women: abortion, 103; contraceptives, 45–46, 70, 99; global “gag rule,” 46–47;Roe v. Wade, 100; sexual inequality, 36, 66, 67–68, 105;

  women’s health, 45, 46

  Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 31

  Religious Right, 13, 28, 31, 64, 74, 107

  revolution, sexual, 65–77

  Richmond, Julius, 143–144

  Rigell, Scott, 103

  rights, equal

  civil, 72–73, 119

  for embryo and fetus, 93

  for fertilized eggs (zygotes), 94, 106

  of gays, 18, 26, 93, 119

  and land use, 53

  of minorities, 31, 100, 138

  for religious groups, 26–28

  special rights, 26–28, 53

  women’s, 69, 93, 119, 138

  Riley, Les, 106

  Robertson, Pat, 27, 103

  Roe v. Wade, 100

  Roiphe, Katie, 74

  Rokita, Todd, 103

  Rolf school, 58

  Romney, Mitt, 42

  Rooney, Andy, 109

  Roosevelt, Eleanor, 71, 116, 146

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 146, 148

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 108

  Roskam, Peter, 103

  Rubio, Marco, 28, 103

  Running God’s Way, 97
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  Ryan, Paul, 103

  Saab, 138

  Sacks, Oliver, 109

  sacrifice, religious, 23, 24

  Sagan, Carl, 146

  same-sex couples

  adoption 96, 99, 102, 103–104

  marriage, 93–95, 99–100, 101–103

  Samta, Saron, 11, 46

  Sanctity of Life Act, 100

  Sanford, Mark, 70, 80

  Santorum, Rick, 112

  Saudi Arabia, 9

  Sayles, John, 109

  Scalia Catholics, 150

  Scalia, Antonin, 39

  Scandinavia, 137–138

  Scates, Jennifer, 150

  Scheider, Roy, 144

  Schiavo, Terri, 127

  Schlafly, Phyllis, 98

  Schuller, Robert, 81

  Scopes Trial, 16, 120

  Secular Coalition for America, 13, 19–20, 108–109, 120–133, 148–153

  Secular Decade Plan, 121–132

  Secular Student Alliance, 153

  secularism, 10, 40, 66, 118, 122, 123, 124, 129, 133, 137

  Seinfeld, 65

  selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), 143

  separation of church and state, see church and state

  sex education, 47–48, 137

  sexual assault, 57

  sexual inequality, 36, 66, 67–68, 105

  sexuality, 70–71, 73–74

  Shakespeare, William, 146

  sharia law, 92–93

  Sharlet, Jeff, 90, 95, 101

  Shaw, George Bernard, 69, 77

  Shimkus, John, 104

  Shuler, Heath, 104

  Silicon Valley, 138

  Silverman, David, 148, 151

  Silverman, Herb, 20, 129

  Simonds, Robert, 40

  Sinema, Kyrsten, 128

  Skype, 136

  slaves, 99

  Smith, Lamar, 104

  Society for Humanistic Judaism, 151

  Soderbergh, Steven, 109

  sodomy, 67

  Somalia, 9

  Soros, George, 88, 109

  Speckhardt, Roy, 151

  St. Augustine, 39

  Stalin, Joseph, 115

  Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 36, 131–132

  Star Trek, 65

  Stark, Pete, 12, 108, 127

  stem cell research, embryonic, 48–49, 92, 94, 103–104, 106, 135

  Stewart, Jon, 109

  Stupak-Pitts Amendment, 94

  Support Our Scouts Act, 51

  Sweden, 136–139

  Sweden: Up North, Down to Earth, 136

  Switzerland, 136

  Tea Party, 10, 93, 133, 138–139

  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), 58

  Ten Commandments, 92, 106

  Ten Guiding Principles of a Secular America, 134

  Tennessee, 25

  Tennyson, Lord Alfred, 146

  terrorists, 98

  Texas Board of Education, 13, 34, 54

  Thatcher, Margaret, 71

  The Family (book), 90

  The Family, 79–80, 90, 98, 101, 104

  The Odd Couple, 143

  Tillman, Pat, 43

  Time magazine, 128, 142

  Title IX, 66

  Toomey, Pat, 104

  Torpy, Jason, 44, 152

  torture, 25, 39

  Tripoli treaty, 35

  Trudeau, Pierre, 17

  Turkey, 13

  Twain, Mark, 36, 132, 151

  Twilight Zone, 65

  Twitter, 125, 132

  U.S. Armed Forces, 43

  U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, 96

  U.S. Constitution

  central principles, 19–20, 50

  and marriage, 53

  and proposed amendment on gay marriage, 105

  and public service, 39, 43

  and religious discrimination, 39, 49, 60–61

  and religious liberties, 139

  and science, 88

  and separation of church and state, 9, 10, 13, 30–31, 42, 64

  U.S. Supreme Court

  and faith-healing, 61

  overturning miscegenation laws, 52

  Uganda, 140

  Undaunted Courage, 133

  Unitarian Universalists, 151

  Unitarians, 108, 150

  United Nations’ Human Development Report, 137

  United States Patent and Trademark Office, 136

  USA Today, 142

  van Gogh, Vincent, 144, 146

  Vandenburg, Arthur, 107

  Vedder, Eddie, 109

  Vietnam War, 108

  Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, 31, 35

  Vitter, David, 70, 96, 105

  Voltaire, 125

  Volvo, 136, 138

  voucher programs, 50, 92

  Walberg, Tim, 28, 105

  Warren, Rick, 26–27, 84, 129

  Washington (state), 55

  Washington, George, 35, 78

  waterboarding, 25

  We the People Act, 100

  Webster, Dan, 105

  Welch, Carolyn, 149

  West, Allen, 106

  Westmoreland, Lynn, 106

  Whedon, Joss, 109

  White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, 49

  White, Amiyah, 11, 24, 140–141

  White, E.B., 145

  Whitman, Walt, 19, 36, 69, 125, 127, 148

  Wicker, Roger, 106

  Will, George, 55, 135

  Wine, Sherwin, 151

  Witte, John, 26

  Wolf, Warren, 152

  Wolfe, Tom, 109

  Women’s health, 45

  Woodhull, Victoria, 69

  World Economic Forum, 137

  Wozniak, Steve, 109

  zoning laws, 53

  Zuckerberg, Mark, 88

  Zuckerman, Phil, 137–138

  About the Author

  Sean Faircloth served five terms in the Maine Legislature on both the judiciary and appropriations committees. In his last term, he was elected Majority Whip by his caucus colleagues.

  Faircloth had the idea for the Maine Discovery Museum and led the four-year project from conception to completion in 2001. Of the twenty-five children’s museums in New England, the Maine Discovery Museum was then the second-largest children’s museum outside Boston.

  An accomplished legislator, Faircloth successfully spearheaded over thirty laws, including the so-called deadbeat-dad child-support law that saved Maine taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and became a model for federal law. Faircloth had numerous legislative successes in children’s issues and justice-system reform.

 

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