Attack of the Theocrats!: How the Religious Right Harms Us All—and What We Can Do About It (27 page)

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Madison on,
9
,
20
,
28
,
33–35
,
103

and nonfundamentalists,
41
,
132
,
139

Paul (Ron) on,
100

Religious Right and,
28
,
31
,
64
,
107

Rubio on,
103

and the Secular Coalition for America,
20
,
109
,
127

and taxes,
48

Citizens United,
127

Clark, William,
133

Clinton, Bill,
46

Clooney, George,
109

Coats, Dan,
95

Coburn, Tom,
95

Coe, Doug,
90
,
98

Colbert, Stephen,
106

College of Charleston,
148

Communism,
72–73
,
115

Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act,
46

Comstock Act,
68–69

Comstock, Anthony,
68–70

consent, adult,
69
,
73

conservative, true meaning of,
10

Constitution Party,
100

contraceptives,
99

Contract with America,
90

Cornwell, R. Elisabeth,
70–71

Corps of Discovery,
133

Corynyn, John,
95

Council for Secular Humanism,
137
,
151–152

Cousens, Bonnie,
151

Crank, Jessica,
11
,
25
,
140

creationism,
17
,
28
,
83–84
,
103
,
130

Crick, Francis,
87

Criswell, W.A.,
32

Crystal Cathedral,
81

Cuomo, Mario,
17

Curie, Marie,
86–87
,
89
,
146

Daily, Thomas,
62

Darrow, Clarence,
16–17
,
29
,
36
,
126
,
132

Darwin, Charles,
17
,
40
,
79
,
126
,
146

death-with-dignity laws,
55

Declaration of Independence,
32

Defense of Marriage Act,
52
,
104

DeMint, Jim,
95
,
100

Denmark,
137–139

Dhuhulow, Aisho Ibrahim,
9

DiFranco, Ani,
109

Dirksen, Everett,
107

discipline, child,
63

discrimination

and Boy Scouts of America,
51

in military,
42

and religious groups,
27

and schools,
37
,
50
,
61

and sex-based,
18
,
99
,
103
,
104

Dobson, James,
63

Douglas, Paul,
107

Draper, Don,
65
,
72–74

Dreir, David,
96

Drummond, Henry,
16

Dworkin, Andrea,
71

Dylan, Bob,
72

Dynasty
,
65

Eagle Forum,
98

Edison, Thomas,
36
,
87–88
,
89

Ehrenreich, Barbara,
82
,
109

Einstein, Albert,
40
,
86
,
126
,
132
,
136
,
146
,
149–150

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
55

Ellison, Keith,
93
,
106

Ellmers, Renee,
96

Employee Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA),
93–94

Enlightenment,
9
,
13
,
35
,
38
,
54
,
101
,
118
,
140
,
153

Ensign, John,
70
,
80

Enzi, Mike,
96

Epistle of James,
25
,
59

Epstein, Brian,
78

Equal Rights Amendment,
97

equality, sexual,
66–67

Ethical Culture Societies,
149

Ethiopia,
11
,
46

Evangelical Protestantism,
111

evolution,
40
,
54
,
92–93
,
102
,
146

Facebook,
32
,
74
,
122
,
125
,
132

faith, depiction in the media,
27–28

Faith Assembly,
60

faith-based initiatives,
34
,
49–50
,
104

faith healers,
95
,
140

faith-healing,
10
,
25
,
59–61

Falwell, Jerry,
111
,
152

Family Research Council,
99

Fellowship Foundation,
95

Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA),
44

Fieldston School,
149

Finland,
137

First Amendment,
9
,
10
,
31
,
103

Flynn, Tom,
152

Focus on the Family,
63
,
123
,
129

Ford, Gerald,
111
,
121

Foster, Jodie,
109

Fourteenth Amendment,
93

France,
13

Franklin, Ben,
35
,
87–89

Free Inquiry
,
152

freethinkers,
36
,
148–149
,
152

Freethinkers
(book), 14,
127

Furer, Brent,
105

“gag rule,” global,
46–47

Galileo,
39

Gates, Bill,
20
,
88
,
99
,
117
,
150

Gingrich, Newt,
90
,
91

Gingry, Phil,
96

Glasgow,
9

Glass, Ira,
109

Gleick, James,
109

global warming,
12
,
104

Gohmert, Louis,
96

Golden Christian School,
37

Golden Rule,
87

Goldman, Emma,
69–70

Goldwater, Barry,
10
,
65
,
91–92
,
107
,
111–112
,
119

Graham, Billy,
26–27
,
86

Graham, Franklin,
27

Greeley, Andrew,
62

Green, Steven K.,
54

Ground Zero,
94
,
96

Guantanamo,
25

Guttmacher Institute,
45

Haggard, Ted,
26–27
,
66

Hall, Jeremy,
43

Hall, Ralph,
28
,
97

Harold and Maude
,
142

Hartzler, Vicky,
97

Head Start programs,
28
,
58
,
105
,
143

health-care reform bill,
99

Heckman, James,
137

Hemingway, Ernest,
36

Hensley, George,
38

Herger, Wally,
97

Heritage Foundation,
95

Hitler, Adolf,
39
,
98

HIV/AIDS,
47
,
48
,
101
,
127

homosexuality, views of members of Congress toward,
93
,
95
,
96
,
97
,
99
,
102
,
106

Huckabee, Mike,
65

Huckleberry Finn
,
36

hucksters,
78–91

Hudson, John,
47

Human Development Index,
137

Human Rights Act (Illinois),
103

Human Rights Campaign,
94

humanism,
150

Humanist Manifesto,
150

Hunter, Duncan,
106

Ibrahim, Mustafa,
9

I Ching,
78

“Imagine,”
139–140

immigrants, illegal,
106

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