The Church of Exemptions: A Farce with Footnotes

Luis Granados

Feb 2019 · Humanist Press

About this ebook

A jaded young lawyer starts a church on a lark, to exploit the growing trend of religious exemptions from common-sense laws. He stumbles into backing from a curmudgeonly billionaire and a powerful K Street law firm, leading to success beyond his wildest dreams.

His “Secret Plan,” as he calls it, is to self-destruct by carrying the basic concept of religious privilege that he despises to (and well past) a logical extreme. But the self-destruction unfolds in a way he did not envision, as he is sucked steadily deeper into a quagmire of deceit.

 Luis Granados, author of Damned Good Company, co-editor of A Jefferson Bible for the Twenty-first Century, and “Rules Are for Schmucks” columnist for TheHumanist.com takes us on a wild ride to a place let’s hope we never reach. Footnotes, unusual for a novel, are included to let skeptical readers know how bizarre the world of religious legal privilege has already become. 

About the author

 Luis Granados is a retired attorney in Washington, DC. He is the author of "Damned Good Company: Twenty Rebels Who Bucked the God Experts," co-editor of "A Jefferson Bible for the Twenty-first Century," and author of the bi-weekly "Rules Are for Schmucks" column on TheHumanist.com.