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Attack of the Theocrats! How the Religious Right Harms Us All - and What We Can Do About It (Paperback)
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dam Savage said, "Sean Faircloth is doing such important work."
Bill Nye said, "Faircloth makes such a compelling case."
Richard Dawkins said, Faircloth has "an inspiring and invigorating vision."
Susan Jacoby said, "Nothing could be more timely"
The Attack of the Theocrats, describes many unjust religiously biased laws in America today, exposing many Members of Congress who support theocratic ideas, then offers A Ten Point Vision of a Secular America, including a specific strategic plan to acheive that vision.
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At no time in American history has the United States had such a high percentage of theocratic members of Congress-those who expressly endorse religious bias in law. Just as ominously, at no other time have religious fundamentalists effectively had veto power over one of the country's two major political parties. As Sean Faircloth argues, this has led to the crumbling of the country's most cherished founding principle-the wall separating church and state-and presages yet even more crumbling. Faircloth, a former politician and current executive director of the Secular Coalition for America, moves beyond the symbolism to explore the many ways federal and state legal codes privilege religion in law. He goes on to demonstrate how religious bias in law harms all Americans-financially, militarily, physically, socially, and educationally. Sounding a much-needed alarm for all who care about the future direction of the country, Faircloth offers an inspiring vision for returning America to its secular roots
Editorial Reviews
Shocking! Will keep you on the edge of your seat! Sean Faircloth is
doing such important work. There's not a doubt in my mind that if he was
(suddenly, inexplicably) zapped back in time to meet Thomas Jefferson,
that the Founding Father would clap him on the shoulder and say
‘Thanks.'"
-Adam Savage, MythBusters co-host and executive producer.
"Faircloth paints a sobering picture, but fortunately, as anyone who
has heard his speeches knows, he also has an inspiring and invigorating
vision to offer. . . . Readers will finish the book exercised,
energized, and eager to join Faircloth in a bold rediscovery of the
secular dream of the European Enlightenment and America's enlightened
Fathers."
-- Richard Dawkins, from the foreword to Attack of the Theocrats!
"I've devoted the last twenty years of my professional life to
pointing out unscientific assertions that harm or swindle innocent
people. It becomes particularly insidious when unsound reasoning is used
to justify and apply unjust laws. This book describes this very real
problem in American today, then offers a bold plan to do something about
it."
-James Randi, founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation
"What does the erosion of America's noble separation of church and
state-the basis of the first secular government in the world-have to do
with your everyday life? In this lively and historically grounded survey
of the way we live now, the author explains why the thirty-year-old
assault on church-state separation affects all of us-from children who
are not getting a world-class education in science because of
fundamentalist interference with the teaching of biology to soldiers
subjected to evangelical proselytizing on military bases. Nothing could
be more timely than this reminder that the founders left God out of the
Constitution to provide citizens of every faith and no faith the freedom
to act on their consciences. We ignore this historic liberty, the gift
of America's founding generation, at our peril."
-Susan Jacoby, author of Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism and The Age of American Unreason
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