TOTN at NPR wrote:
Talk of the Nation, October 2, 2006 · In his new book, Letter to a Christian Nation, Sam Harris advocates keeping religion out of public policy. He calls religion the biggest obstacle to a rational public discourse. In the first of a two-part series on religion and politics, Harris discusses his book.
Sam Harris, author of Letter to a Christian Nation (2006, Knopf)
The first part of the series is airing right now. It sounds like it's going to be interesting (though Michelle Martin is hosting ... meh).
EDIT: It's refreshing to hear the arguments I've seen here many times aired live on national radio.
A Government founded upon justice, and recognizing the equal rights of all men; claiming higher authority for existence, or sanction for its laws, that nature, reason, and the regularly ascertained will of the people; steadily refusing to put its sword and purse in the service of any religious creed or family is a standing offense to most of the Governments of the world, and to some narrow and bigoted people among ourselves.
