Attack of the Theocrats!: How the Religious Right Harms Us All—and What We Can Do About It (26 page)

Brian
: “You are all individuals.”

The crowd in unison
: “Yes, we’re all individuals!”

A lone voice
: “I’m not.”

Many books that deal with the separation of church and state and America’s secular heritage informed this book, but those that most directly influenced this book and to which I am most indebted include:

Allen, Brooke.
Moral Minority: Our Skeptical Founding Fathers
. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2006.

Boston, Robert.
Why the Religious Right Is Wrong about Separation of Church and State
. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1993.

Dwyer, James G.
Religious Schools v. Children’s Rights
. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1998.

Ehrenreich, Barbara.
Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America
. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2009.

Hamilton, Marci A.
God vs. Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law
. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Jacoby, Susan.
Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism
. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2004.

Ketchum, Ralph.
James Madison: A Biography
. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1990.

Kramnick, Isaac, and R. Laurence Moore.
The Godless Constitution: The Case against Political Correctness
. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997.

Peters, Shawn Francis.
Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law
. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Putnam, Robert, and David E. Campbell.
American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us
. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010.

Sharlet, Jeff.
The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
. New York: Harper Collins, 2008.

Abernathy, Ralph,
101

abortion,
9
,
15
,
16
,
46
,
92
,
94
,
97
,
99
,
103–106

Abraham,
23
,
98
,
140

abstinence (programs),
47
,
105

Abu Ghraib,
25

Access to Birth Control Act,
45–46

Adams, John,
30
,
35

Adams, Sandy,
92

Adler, Felix,
149

adoption by same-sex couples,
93–94

affirmative action,
26

African Americans,
128

agnosticism (defined),
115–116

AIDS, see
HIV/AIDS

Air Force Academy,
44

Alabama Christian Coalition,
24

Alabama,
56

Allen, Woody,
142

Altman, Lou,
151

American Academy of Pediatrics

and abstinence-only programs,
47

and faith-healing,
61

and sex education,
47–48

American Atheists,
151

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),
47
,
149

American Ethical Union,
148–149

American exceptionalism,
30
,
41
,
138

American Family Association,
106

American Grace
,
111
,
117

American Humanist Association,
150

American Medical Association,
61

American Revolution,
131

Arizona immigration law,
98

Armstrong, Neil,
146

atheism (defined),
113–115

Atheist Alliance America,
142

Australia,
137

Axelrod, Julius,
143–144

Ayotte, Kelly,
93

Bachmann, Michele,
78
,
93
,
103

Baez, Joan,
72

Barry, Dave,
109

Bartlett, Roscoe,
93

Bass, Charlie,
107

Beat the Clock,
144

Beatles,
78–79
,
88
,
146

Beck, Glenn,
99
,
101
,
120

Bentsen, Lloyd,
121

Berlin Wall speech,
72–73

bestiality,
96

Bible

as campaign guide,
97

and child discipline,
63

The Children’s Bible
,
23

and corporal punishment,
63

and homosexuality,
38

and Jim Inhofe,
98

and the Koran,
38

and sexual inequality,
67–68

and women,
36

Year of the Bible,
94

bin Laden, Osama,
38

Blaine, James G.,
148

Blair, Tony,
12

Blunt, Roy,
93–94

Boehner, John,
94

Bolder County, Colorado,
53

Borat
,
79

Boy Scouts of America,
51–52

Bragg, Raymond,
150

Brando, Marlon,
143

Brandon, Tom,
105

Breathed, Berkeley,
109

Brennan, William,
37
,
142–143

Bright, Bill,
44

Bright-Sided
,
82

Broun, Paul,
84

Brunsman, August,
153

Bryan, William Jennings,
16
,
94

Bryson, Bill,
109

Buckner, Ed,
151

Buerkle, Ann Marie,
94

Buffett, Warren,
20
,
52
,
88
,
109
,
117
,
150

Bush, George H. W.,
46
,
108

Bush, George W.

and faith-based initiatives,
49
,
58

and fundamentalism,
111

and the global “gag rule,”
46

and God’s will,
23

and Iraq War,
11–12
,
44
,
87
,
112
,
153

and National Day of Prayer,
33

Byrne, Gabriel,
109

C Street,
79–80
,
90
,
95
,
98
,
101
,
104

Camp Quest,
153

Campus Crusade for Christ,
44
,
153

Canada,
137

Cantor, Eric,
94

Carnegie, Andrew,
36

Caro, Robert,
107

Carter, Jimmy,
128
,
139

Caslen, Robert,
44

Catholic Church and Catholics,
9
,
17–18
,
62
,
67
,
149–150

Center for Moral Clarity,
102

chaplainships,
33
,
34
,
44–45

Chapman, Graham,
142

Charlotte’s Web
,
145

Chemerinsky, Erwin,
84

Child Abuse and Prevention Treatment Act (CAPTA),
59

Child Care Development Block Grants,
58

child neglect,
95

child-care centers

in Alabama,
24
,
56

and federal funds,
58

in Florida,
57

secular vs. religious,
24
,
56–58

and sexual assault,
57

child-protection law,
11
,
25

Chinese Cultural Revolution,
90

Chirac, Jacques,
11
,
112

Chivers, Meredith,
70

Christian Embassy,
44

Christian Exodus,
106

Christian Heritage Week,
99

Christian Scientists,
59

Christina, Greta,
74

Church of England,
9

church and state, separation of

and civil liberties,
31

and education,
55

and the First Amendment,
9
,
10
,
31

historical perspective,
28
,
92

Jefferson on,
10
,
20
,
23
,
28
,
31
,
33–35
,
54
,
103
,
139

Kennedy on,
37
,
112

and the law,
25
,
26
,
43