Stories by Rob Boston
Rob Boston is the assistant director of communications for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which publishes Church and State magazine.
Posted on Jan 10, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Thomas Jefferson believed that a coolly rational form of religion would take root in America. Was he ever wrong.
Posted on Jan 6, 2012, Source: Church & State Magazine
In an unusually religion-soaked primary season, faith has been front and center for months. What's next?
Posted on Nov 24, 2011, Source: AlterNet
For decades Christian conservatives have claimed persecution. Their powerful hold on Washington tells a different story.
Posted on Aug 8, 2011, Source: Talk To Action
Let's hope students at Missouri high school can find another way to get their hands on Vonnegut's masterpiece.
Posted on Jul 11, 2011, Source: Church & State Magazine
Religious Right strategies to introduce fundamentalist Christianity into public school science classes have (ironically) evolved over the years.
Posted on Jul 3, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Gov. Rick Perry’s call for a day-long event of prayer and fasting Aug. 6 at a sports stadium in Houston is a dramatic escalation of government meddling in religion.
Posted on May 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Religious Right groups and their allies in the Tea Party claim to respect American values, but much would change if they had their way.
Posted on Aug 13, 2010, Source: Church and State
Fundamentalist evangelists are hiding their religious agenda to sneak into public schools and preach to a captive audience of students.
Posted on Aug 8, 2010, Source: Church & State Magazine
As organizations that claim tax-exempt status, churches cannot directly intervene in elections. A religious right group is trying to change that.
Posted on Sep 28, 2009, Source: Church and State
Religious conservatives, safely out of the public eye, let loose a string of shocking diatribes at the Values Voter Summit.
Posted on Sep 16, 2009, Source: Church & State Magazine
Will financial and sex scandals sink the hopes of middle-age culture warriors Ralph Reed and Randall Terry? Don't count them out just yet.
Posted on Aug 11, 2009, Source: Church & State Magazine
David Barton likens himself to a biblical prophet. He wants to destroy the separation of church and state. Why is he designing school curricula?
Posted on May 1, 2009, Source: Church and State
With James Dobson inching toward retirement, many wonder who will fill the religious right's bully pulpit.
Posted on Jun 23, 2008, Source: Church & State Magazine
The nation's most prominent Religious Right legal group is looking for a pastor who will knowingly break the law and spark an IRS penalty.
Posted on Mar 10, 2008, Source: Church and State
Frank Schaeffer, John Whitehead and Cal Thomas have repudiated the theocratic movement they once led. Here’s why.
Posted on Feb 18, 2008, Source: Church & State Magazine
Presidential candidates are professing their faith as the "Jesus Factor" continues to reverberate in politics.
Posted on Dec 8, 2007, Source: Church and State
It's the Christmas tale the Religious Right doesn't want you to hear: Their spiritual forebearers hated the holiday and even banned its celebration.
Posted on Nov 12, 2007, Source: Church and State
James Dobson and Religious Right allies threaten to dump the Republican Party if the presidential nominee fails "family values" test.
Posted on Sep 1, 2007, Source: Church & State Magazine
Presidential candidates are getting barraged by the media on questions about their prayers, their sins, and their beliefs on religious doctrine -- and some of them seem to enjoy it.
Posted on Apr 16, 2007, Source: Church and State
A recent essay in Time magazine claimed "The religious right's era is over." Someone better tell that to the GOP presidential candidates praying for the fundamentalist movement's blessings.
Posted on Mar 10, 2007, Source: Church and State
Well-coordinated "faith-based" initiatives and anti-evolution lobbying in state capitols from New Jersey to Colorado signal a stealth national strategy by Religious Right organizations.
Posted on Feb 6, 2002, Source: Church & State Magazine
TV preacher Pat Robertson and Liberian dictator Charles Taylor are going for the gold together.
