Holy hullabaloos
Subtitle: a road trip to the battlegrounds of the church/state wars
By: Jay Wexler.
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780807000441
Subjects: Church and state -- United States; Freedom of religion -- United States; Religious minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
Description: A lighthearted account of a church-and-state law professor's cross-country visits to the places and people responsible for some of today's most hotly contested Supreme Court cases includes the author's encounters with a Cambridge bar whose liquor license was challenged by a nearby church and the Austin Capitol site where the Ten Commandments are controversially posted.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prologue to a road trip; title: Hasidic hulabaloo : destination New York State; title: Santeria skirmish : destination South Florida; title: Amish agitation : destination the cheese state; title: Religious display ruckus : destination austin; title: Senate prayer suspicion : destination the nation's capital; title: Funding religion fracas : destination Cleveland; title: Ball-field prayer brouhaha : destination east Texas; title: Creationism commotion : destination Kentucky; title: A European epilogue.