"Robert Boston" is Director of Communications for Americans United for Separation of Church and State and Editor of Church & State magazine. He has worked at Americans United since 1987 and formerly served as Assistant Director of Communications and Assistant Editor of Church & State. Boston is an advocate of separation of church and state and has authored three books on the subject. He frequently appears on television and radio. Prominent media appearances include CNN, NBC Nightly News, Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor, and MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

In addition to his monthly contributions to Church & State magazine, Boston has written articles for Free Inquiry, The Humanist, Public Eye, Liberty Magazine/Liberty, Jewish Monthly and other publications. He is frequently quoted in the print media on church-state topics and often delivers public lectures before various audiences. Boston serves on the Advisory Board of Secular Coalition for America and offers advice to the coalition on the acceptance and inclusion of nontheism in American life.

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Jefferson wasn't really a primary author of the First Amendment. But Jefferson was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which is seen as kind of a precursor of the First Amendment. It was Jefferson's protégé, James Madison, who helped draft the First Amendment. So the metaphor is apt and it is important.

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They straddle two worlds. Pope John Paul II often traveled around the world, urging ends to conflicts, or speaking on other topics that were ostensibly secular. So does the Dalai Lama. Certainly there are a lot of people who are interested in the Dalai Lama's message who aren't Buddhists.

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They seem determined to push this promotion through, ... We're not asking that he be dismissed. We're only asking that he not be promoted in the middle of a controversy.

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There isn't any evidence that's happening.

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It's a little early to assume that the Supreme Court would give blessing to vouchers. Everybody is trying to make assumptions based on a case that is not a voucher case.

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In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, it would be difficult to oppose these types of measures.

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