Rob Boston
Rob Boston is the editor of Church & State magazine, published by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and a board member of the American Humanist Association.
Posts by Rob Boston
CHURCH & STATE | Confusion in the Classroom: Public Schools Brace for a New Round of Prayer Battles
As public schools go back into session this fall, school administrators, teachers, parents, and students are forced to grapple anew with an issue that... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | Reversing the Roe Reversal: Be Prepared for a Long Battle for Reproductive Freedom
As I was writing these words, the Supreme Court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that established a right... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | Book Banners and the Growing War on the Freedom to Think
Books are in trouble in the United States. Books are being removed from public school curricula. Books are being banned. Books are being burned.... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | The Supreme Court Is Trashing Our Rights. What Are We Going to Do?
The U.S. Supreme Court, once seen as the last bastion of protection for our rights, is instead laying waste to them. Stacked with ultra-conservatives,... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | To Defeat COVID, We First Must Overcome The Dangerous Lies Of Christian Nationalism
I hope you had a chance to listen to Dr. Anthony S. Fauci’s remarks during the recent American Humanist Association virtual conference or read... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | Once They’ve Overturned Roe v. Wade, What Will Christian Nationalists Try Next?
One year from now, you might be holding the Summer 2022 issue of the Humanist and reading very bad news: Abortion is illegal in... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | The Secret Is Out: Christian Nationalists Hate Democracy
Way back in 1988, I wrote a story about Christian Reconstructionists, a hardline faction of the religious right whose members openly espouse theocracy. The... Read More