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Introduction: How I Got Into Fighting the Religious Right

Chapter 1: Schools Are Still a Battlefield, But We Are Winning

Never Use This Line When Discussing Church and State Issues: “As Long as There Are Math Tests, There Will Be Prayer in Schools”

Stealth Evangelism—Troubling Encounters with “Unequal Access”

Religious Right Activists: Ever Insatiable, Ever Innovative

Chapter 2: The Evolving Debate…on Evolution

Chapter 3: If We Can't Change Public School Curricula, Let's Just Destroy Public Schools

Chapter 4: The Religious Right: The More Things Change, the More the Weirdness Continues

Who Is the Religious Right?

Chapter 5: Religious Right Tactics: From Initiatives to License Plates to Church Rehab to Taking Over the Military and the Courts…(and to Sending People to Death Row, for Good Measure)

Acts of God—Reaction: Give Us Your Money

“Religion in the Military”

Takin’ It to the Supreme Court

Chapter 6: When Government Officials Pray, Get Out the TV Cameras; When They Put Up the Ten Commandments, Don't Expect Them to Follow Them

Chaplains in Congress

Religious Displays

Chapter 7: Does the Religious Right Hate Everybody? Answer: Yes

Minority Religious Groups

LGBTQ Community

Death and Dying

Chapter 8: The Big Wall-Bangers (aka the Biggest Threats to Church-State Separation)—Faith-Based Funding and Religiously Motivated Refusals

Faith-Based Initiatives

Religious Refusals: “We don't have to obey the civil law because…”

Canon Law/Abuse by Priests

Chapter 9: Religion in Politics

We Know that Religion Is Getting More Political…

But Are Politicians Getting More “Religious”?

Chapter 10: Why Does Anybody Spend Their Adult Life Doing This?

Nice Famous People

Strange Persons of a “Religious Right” Bent

Alternative Universes: Cinematic Achievement and a Bizarre Capitol Hill Hearing

Concluding Thoughts: The Future Looks Brighter

Acknowledgments

About the Author