Giles County School Board is making an unusual argument in its effort to maintain Ten Commandments postings in public high schools. The displays are being challenged by the ACLU and the FFRF, claiming they violate the separation of church and state by giving the...
An attorney for the Clay County School Board in Florida has issued the somewhat surprising opinion that the flagpole prayers taking place before school violate the U.S. Constitution. Bruce Bickner suggests the county move the prayer time up from 8:15 am to 7:10 am...
Today, the U.S.Supreme Court has denied a petition (pdf) to hear an appeal in the Utah roadside crosses case. This rejection leaves in place the 10th Circuit's ruling that the crosses are unconstitutional, a victory for common sense and an Establishment Clause...
Kentucky's Office of Homeland Security continues to be founded on a reliance on God, after a state appeals court panel voted 2-1 that the law in question does not violate the Constitution. The decision overrules a trial judge's ruling that the provision...
North Carolina's Forsyth County has filed an appeal to the U.S.Supreme Court over the issue of opening Board meetings with an official invocation. Earlier this year, the 4th Circuit ruled the county's prayer policy an unconstitutional governmental endorsement...
As a follow-up to yesterday's rant-y post about the chairman's opening remarks, witness statements are now online from yesterday's House Constitution Subcommittee hearing on "The State of Religion in America." Bishop William Lori, Rev. Barry...
