Attack of the Theocrats!: How the Religious Right Harms Us All—and What We Can Do About It (29 page)

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

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