ePub Bringing Back the Black Robed Regiment: Volume 2 by Dan Fisher in History

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A central player in every major church-state-separation battle for decades; the Rev. Barry W. Lynn understands the complexities of this divisive issue like few others. As a long-time activist; a civil rights lawyer; and an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ; he offers a unique perspective and a wealth of experience on church-state controversies. In this lively book; he has compiled his writings from various sources to explore in depth the many ways religious extremists have attempted to erode individual liberties.The topics range from publicly-promoted prayer to efforts to undermine public education and replace it with taxpayer-subsidized vouchers for religious schools; interfering with end-of-life and reproductive rights; censorship; and belligerence directed against nonbelievers and minorities.Lynn concludes that the ultimate goal of these extremist forces—consisting mainly of the Protestant Religious Right and the Roman Catholic hierarchy—is the creation of a corporate theocracy; a decidedly undemocratic system of government in which nonconservative Christians; along with humanist; feminists; and the LGBTQ community; are relegated to second-class status in America.