“I was interested in the question of the power of religious organizations to effect public policy in a negative way. When I was in college, and I found out at that time the Catholic Church was in such control of everything in communities, including in progressive places like New York - that a roommate of mine was not able to obtain an abortion with his girlfriend, even in places like New York. What I learned at that moment was the extraordinary clout that religious organizations can have to impose their theological views on others. And I found it exasperating and dangerous.” MomentsCommunityChurchReligiousDangerousPolicyCollegeNegativeCatholicExtraordinaryGirlfriendAbortionProgressiveTheologicalPublic PolicyRoommate Author:Barry W. Lynn
“To me the separation of church and state is a thread that ought to run through public policy so that we can always recognize that we make laws in this country, based not on theology of any particular group, but on the basis of a commonly shared values of the Constitution itself.” CountryRunningValuesChurchPolicyConstitutionSeparationTheologyChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StatePublic Policy Author:Barry W. Lynn
