caption district predecessor successor birth_place party profession term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
sean , north carolina faircloth - may 5 , 2011 - raleigh 17th / 117th 9th christina l. baker john e. baldacci sara r. stevens robert e. murray jr. . bangor , maine , united states democratic attorney , politician december 2002 december 1994 december 1992 sean faircloth
 december 2008 december 1996 december 1994 sean faircloth university hastings college of the law of notre dame , university of california ,
sean faircloth

sean faircloth is an american writer and politician from maine .
faircloth is the author of `` attack of the theocrats !
how the religious right harms us all -- and what we can do about it '' , an attorney and five-term state legislator .
while in the legislature , faircloth was appointed to the judiciary and appropriations committees .
in his final term , faircloth was elected majority whip .
in 2009 faircloth became executive director of the secular coalition for america , advocating for separation of church and state , and for greater acceptance of nontheistic viewpoints in american life .
in september 2011 he became the director of strategy and policy for the richard dawkins foundation for reason and science and was the opening speaker for dawkins ' book tour .
faircloth 's first book published by pitchstone press , `` attack of the theocrats !
how the religious right harms us all - and what we can do about it '' was released in february 2012 .
faircloth had the idea for the maine discovery museum in 1996 and led the project from concept to completion in 2001 .
maine discovery museum was then the second largest children 's museum outside boston in new england .
faircloth successfully spearheaded over thirty laws , including the so-called deadbeat dad child support law which was later incorporated into federal law .
faircloth had numerous legislative successes in children 's issues and justice system reform .
faircloth has spoken around the united states regarding the u.s. constitution , children 's policy , obesity policy , and sex crime law .
in 2013 faircloth traveled to new zealand and australia , lecturing at the sydney opera house to start policy oriented secular groups , whose model can be duplicated in other countries .
in april 2014 , faircloth spoke in the republic of turkey about atatürk , the erdogan government and turkish secularism .
