A movement in Berlin sought to replace the current required ethics curriculum with religion classes. But the measure failed at the ballot box as voters decided public schools should remain free of religious education. Proponents of Berlin's status quo say the...
Nearly seven months after challenging the IRS to investigate them for campaigning from the pulpit, the 33 churches that participated in the Alliance Defense Fund's "Pulpit Freedom Sunday" are still waiting to hear from the agency, according to an AP...
Late last year, the Supreme Court seemingly gave the cause of religious liberty a victory by reviving the case of 4 former Guantanamo detainees. They ordered the DC Appeals Court to reconsider their dismissal of their suit in light of the more recent ruling in...
Don McLeroy is Texas Governor Rick Perry's pick to head the Board of Education, but his infusion of religion into his role as acting chair has the nomination on the ropes. His confirmation has focused on his beliefs that some form of creationism – whether...
A compromise in the New Hampshire legislature has added exemptions to the state's same-sex marriage law – taking the language of Vermont's similar bill – allowing religious organizations to decline participation. The amendment stopped short of...
Americans United filed suit today on behalf of students and parents of a Wisconsin school district, arguing that commencement ceremonies in a local megachurch create an "atmosphere that makes non-Christians uncomfortable."An AU press release provides more...
