Pat Boone

=== Religion ===
Boone grew up in the [[Churches of Christ|Church of Christ]].<ref name="religion">{{cite web|title=The religion of Pat Boone, singer|url=http://www.adherents.com/people/pb/Pat_Boone.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050731090423/http://www.adherents.com/people/pb/Pat_Boone.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 31, 2005|website=Adherents.com|access-date=June 6, 2010}}</ref> In the 1960s, Boone's marriage to Shirley Foley nearly came to an end because of his use of alcohol and his preference for attending parties. However, after coming into contact with the [[Charismatic Movement]], Shirley began to focus more on her religion and eventually influenced Pat and their daughters to have a similar religious focus.<ref>{{cite book|last=Neitz|first=Mary Jo|title=Charisma and Community: A Study of Religious Commitment Within the Charismatic Renewal|year=1987|publisher=Transaction Publishers|location=New Brunswick NJ|isbn=978-0-88738-130-0|page=76|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KrUr2ydLiwAC}}</ref> At the time they attended the Inglewood Church of Christ in [[Inglewood, California]].

In the spring of 1964, Boone spoke at a "Project Prayer" rally attended by 2,500 at the [[Shrine Auditorium]] in Los Angeles. The gathering, which was hosted by [[Anthony Eisley]], a star of ABC's ''[[Hawaiian Eye]]'' series, sought to flood the [[United States Congress]] with letters in support of mandatory [[school prayer]], following two decisions in 1962 and 1963 of the [[United States Supreme Court]] that struck down mandatory prayer as conflicting with the [[Establishment Clause]] of the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution]].<ref name="Pearson">{{cite news |author=Drew Pearson |authorlink1=Drew Pearson (journalist) |title=The Washington Merry-Go-Round |date=May 14, 1964 |hdl=1961/2041-50658 |hdl-access=free |via=American University Digital Research Archive}}</ref> Joining Boone and Eisley at the Project Prayer rally were [[Walter Brennan]], [[Lloyd Nolan]], [[Rhonda Fleming]], [[Gloria Swanson]], and [[Dale Evans]]. Boone declared, "what the communists want is to subvert and undermine our young people... I believe in the power of aroused Americans, I believe in the wisdom of our Constitution.... the power of God."<ref name="Pearson" /> It was noted that [[Roy Rogers]], [[John Wayne]], [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Mary Pickford]], [[Jane Russell]], [[Ginger Rogers]], and [[Pat Buttram]] had endorsed the goals of the rally and would also have attended had their schedules not been in conflict.<ref name="Pearson" />

In the early 1970s, the Boones hosted [[Bible study (Christianity)|Bible]] studies for celebrities such as [[Doris Day]], [[Glenn Ford]], [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]], and [[Priscilla Presley]] at their [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]] home. The family then began attending [[The Church on the Way]] in [[Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California|Van Nuys]], a [[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel|Foursquare Gospel]] megachurch pastored by [[Jack Hayford]].<ref name="Pat">{{cite magazine|last=Gilbreath|first=Edward|title=Why Pat Boone Went 'Bad'|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1999/october4/9tb056.html|magazine=Christianity Today|access-date=October 4, 2009}}</ref>

On an April 22, 2016, broadcast of [[Fox News Radio]]'s ''[[The Alan Colmes Show]]'', Boone discussed an episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' that included a sketch entitled ''God Is a Boob Man''; the sketch parodied the film ''[[God's Not Dead 2]]'', in which Boone had a role.<ref name="Fox News Colmes 2016-04-22">[http://radio.foxnews.com/2016/04/22/pat-boone-the-fcc-should-punish-blasphemy Pat Boone: The FCC Should Punish Blasphemy], on ''[[The Alan Colmes Show]]''; published April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016</ref> He described the sketch as "[[blasphemy]]", stating that the [[Federal Communications Commission]] should forbid any such content, and that it should revoke the broadcast licenses of any "network, or whoever is responsible for the shows".<ref name="Fox News Colmes 2016-04-22" />