Rob Boston
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Sex, Mom & God
Frank Schaeffer is an apostate, and apostates can be a lot of fun. Individuals who are raised in a restrictive religious environment and later... Read More
Medical Emergency: Catholic Hospitals Usurp Patients’ Rights
You can’t expect that every hospital will provide all of the medical services you’ll need. Some procedures are so specialized that you might have... Read More
The Religious Right and the Tea Party: Marriage of Convenience or Just a Passing Fling?
I spent two weekends in September attending conferences sponsored by religious right groups in Washington, DC. They were nothing if not eye-opening. The first... Read More
Messin’ With Texas: What We Can Learn from theTextbook Debacle
Texas has been in the news lately, and not in a good way. Its State Board of Education, which is firmly in the grip... Read More
Of Declarations and Tea Parties: A New Birth for the Religious Right?
Late last year a collection of far-right religious leaders gathered in Washington, DC, to unveil something called the “Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian... Read More
No License to Promote Religion: S.C. Judge Nixes Christian Auto Tag
When I was a kid, license plates in Pennsylvania were very simple. They were mustard yellow with blue letters and numbers. Then, at some... Read More
Invocation Irritation: What’s to Be Done about Government Prayer?
The town council of Newton, New Jersey, recently agreed to end a sixty-year tradition of opening its meetings with the Lord’s Prayer after a... Read More