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

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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

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