A federal judge ruled that a public high school history teacher violated the First Amendment when he called creationism "superstitious nonsense" during a classroom lecture. U.S. District Judge James Selna ruled Friday in a lawsuit student Chad Farnan filed in 2007, alleging that teacher James Corbett violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment by making repeated comments in class that were hostile to Christian beliefs. ... [More]

In a ruling that says the St. Johns County School District in Florida violated the First Amendment, a federal judge has banned an elementary school in St. Augustine from having children sing a country song, "In God We Still Trust," at a school assembly. ... [More]

Program serves mainly to funnel tax money to religious schools and has not raised student achievement, watchdog group says ... [More]

It is truly dismaying that amid all the discussion about President Obama’s version of faith-based community initiatives, there has been such a widespread reluctance to question the basic assumption that government can spend money on religiously based enterprises without violating the First Amendment. ... [More]

Watchdog group says federal parks should not be used to display religious symbols -- Defense Department's land transfer scheme does not legitimize its violation of church-state separation ... [More]

Rob Boston, Assistant Director of Communications of Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU), predicts in an article posted on the AU website Tuesday that Eric Holder, the new US attorney general, will lead the US Dept. of Justice away from Bush policies favoring religion. Recalli... [More]

U.S. House of Representatives plan proposes $100 million additional funding for a key component of Bush's faith-based initiative The U.S. Senate should not go along with a House plan that provides $100 million in “faith-based” funding as part of the federal economic... [More]