A Book Review of Sorts
By Foy Valentine
Why the Religious Right is Wrong About Separation of Church and State
"Kid`s can`t pray in public schools."
"Separation of church and state is a shibboleth of doctrinaire secularism."
Church-state separation isn`t in the Constitution."
"The United States was founded as a Christian nation."
Are you tired of hearing false charges like these from followers of TV religion hucksters, radio "talk show" garrulous scumbags, and partisan extremists of the radical Religious Right? Fight back. Get a copy of Why the Religious Right Is Wrong About Separation of Church and State and learn how to respond to these and similar arguments.
This information-packed volume exposes the Religious Right`s well-financed propaganda war against church-state separation and religious liberty. It traces the development of the separation of church and state in America and examines controversies such as religion in the pubic schools, government prayer in the classrooms, government aid to sectarian schools, vouchers, religious free exercise, religious symbols on public property, and more-all while answering common radical Religious Right attacks against church-state separation.
Written by a competent and experienced journalist, Robert Boston, and published by Prometheus Books of Buffalo, New York, this 257-page book is reader-friendly and is helpfully indexed. It is a valuable resource for all who want to resist the radical Religious Right`s blatant distortions of American history, their strident attacks on the public schools, their calls for a return to a world that never was, and their dangerous identification of the church of God in Jesus Christ with currently popular political propaganda.
Why the Religious Right Is Wrong About Separation of Church and State is available through book stores or from Americans United for Separation of Church and State (where Boston is assistant editor of Church & State magazine) for $14.95. A direct order may be sent to Americans United, 1816 Jefferson Place, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036.
