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]

Marking the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has published a special report providing a wide-ranging analysis of the ongoing public debate over evolution... [More]