• Assistant director of communications for Americans United for Separation of Church and State
• Assistant editor of AU’s monthly magazine Church & State
• Leading writer and researcher on church-state topics
• Serves as spokesman for AU and has appeared on NBC’s Nightly News, CNN’s Headline News, Fox News, and other programs.

Mr. Boston joined the Americans United staff in 1987.  He frequently writes about the political goals of the Religious Right and other church-state issues, such as religion in public schools, tax aid to sectarian institutions and religious freedom.  He is the author of numerous critically acclaimed books such as "Close Encounters with the Religious Right: Journeys into the Twilight Zone of Religion and Politics."

Mr. Boston debates on any topic related to state/church separation, including:
-religion in politics
-religion in public education
-religion in public life
-"faith-based" initiatives
-Creationism and Intelligent Design
-historical roots of church/state separation

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