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Author Wexler, Jay, 1969-

Title Holy hullabaloos : a road trip to the battlegrounds of the church/state wars / Jay Wexler.

Publication Info. Boston : Beacon Press, 2009.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  342.7308 WEXLER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  342.7308 W54    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  342.730852 WE    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-251).
Contents Prologue to a road trip -- Hasidic hulabaloo : destination New York State -- Santeria skirmish : destination South Florida -- Amish agitation : destination the cheese state -- Religious display ruckus : destination Austin -- Senate prayer suspicion : destination the nation's capital -- Funding religion fracas : destination Cleveland -- Ball-field prayer brouhaha : destination east Texas -- Creationism commotion : destination Kentucky -- A European epilogue.
Summary 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.
Subject Church and state -- United States.
Freedom of religion -- United States.
Religious minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Church and state. (OCoLC)fst00860509
Freedom of religion. (OCoLC)fst00934030
Religious minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc. (OCoLC)fst01094195
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
ISBN 9780807000441 (paperback alkaline paper)
0807000442 (paperback alkaline paper)
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