Attack of the Theocrats!: How the Religious Right Harms Us All—and What We Can Do About It (28 page)

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“In God We Trust,”
96
,
99
,
130
,
142

Incas,
24

India,
13

Ingersoll, Robert,
148

Inglehart, Robert,
148

Inherit the Wind
,
16
,
28

Inhofe, Jim,
98

Institute for Humanist Studies,
152

Institute in Basic Life Principles,
105

Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
12
,
27
,
81
,
83–84

Iraq War,
11
,
108
,
153

Islam,
94
,
96
,
107

Issa, Darrell,
98

Jaani, Raam,
149

Jacoby, Susan,
19
,
127

Jagger, Mick,
118

Jefferson, Thomas

and the Constitution,
40

and the Corps of Discovery,
133

and Enlightenment,
38
,
133
,
138–139

famous quotes,
23
,
31–32
,
42
,
133

and secularism,
19
,
29
,
125
,
132

and separation of church and state,
10
,
20
,
28
,
34–35
,
54
,
103
,
139

and Texas Board of Education,
34
,
54

and Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom,
31
,
35

Jesuit Volunteer Corps,
17

Jewish Americans,
109

Jobs, Steve,
79
,
88

Joel, Billy,
109

Johnson, Lyndon Baines,
107

Jolie, Angelina,
20
,
109
,
127

Jones, Larry,
152

Kaplan, Woody,
148

Katcoff v. Marsh
,
44–45

Kennedy, John F.,
28
,
37

and American exceptionalism,
135

and “Berlin Wall” speech,
72

as inspiration,
74
,
121
,
135
,
146

and moon exploration,
121

and morality,
75
,
80

and science education,
55

and separation of church and state,
37
,
112

and “We Are All Mortal” speech,
73

Kennedy, Robert,
17
,
119
,
120

King, Jr., Martin Luther

and adultery,
100–101

and “I Have a Dream” speech,
72–73

as inspiration,
74
,
146

and morality,
75

and prayer in school,
38

and social justice,
119

King, Stephen,
124

King, Steve,
98

Kinsley, Michael,
109

Kirkhardt, Bobbie,
148

Kline, Kevin,
109

KLUE,
78

Koran,
38

Kurtz, Paul,
152

Kyl, Jon,
106

Labrador, Raul,
99

Lady Diana,
142–143

Lakewood Church,
82

Leaves of Grass
,
69

Lee, Nick,
152

Lehrer, Tom,
109

Leigh, Janet,
143

Lennon, John,
78–79
,
117
,
132
,
139–140

Lennon, Sean,
109

Lewis, Meriwether,
133

Libertarians,
100
,
112
,
126

Life of Brian
,
142

Limbaugh, Rush,
26

Lincoln, Abraham,
35–36
,
121
,
127

Lindley, DeMyreon,
124

Lindsay, Ron,
152

Lonsdale, Harry,
144

Love and Death
,
142

Lyon, Phyllis,
52

Mad Men
,
65
,
72–74

Madison, James

on military chaplains,
33–34

and the Constitution,
40
,
133
,
139–141

and the dictates of conscience,
33

and faith-based initiatives,
34
,
49

famous quotes,
33–34
,
42

and prayer day,
33

and science,
146

and secularism, 14,
29
,
132

and separation of church and state,
9
,
20
,
28
,
33–35
,
103

Madoff, Bernie,
81

Maher, Bill,
102
,
109

Maine Discovery Museum,
144

Maine,
58–59

Malkovich, John,
109

Man-Boy Love Association,
62

Manchin, Joe,
99

marriage,
52
,
96
,
103

Martin, Del,
52

Martin, George,
78

Massachusetts,
60

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

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