A MARTA bus driver is on suspension following allegations that he forced passengers to pray before allowing them to exit the bus.

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In oral arguments this month in the case of Salazar v. Buono, which concerns the constitutionality of a 5-foot cross on federal government land in the Mojave National Preserve, Justice Antonin Scalia suggested that the cross is a universal, rather than a Christian, symbol.

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Judge DeWeese tried to pretend that he had a secular purpose in putting up the display:My purpose in creating and displaying this poster was to express my views about two warring legal philosophies that motivate behavior and the consequences that I have personally witnessed in my …

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The idea was to prevent discrimination and preserve the boundary between church and state. But Mr. Obama has not made good on the promise.

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The narrow question is whether a large cross that has been placed on federal land violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment, the founders' direction that there must be a wall of separation between church and state. The court should rule that it does.

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Federal Court Bans Religious Music

A federal appeals court today banned the Jackson High School woodwind ensemble from playing Ave Maria, a religious piece of music by Schubert based on a traditional Catholic prayer.

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In an 18-page order, Judge Thomas Wingate said the General Assembly created an official government position when it passed a law requiring the office to acknowledge "the dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the Commonwealth."

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Could it be divine intervention that's kept Florida safe from hurricanes since Gov. Charlie Crist took office? Crist told a group of real estate agents Friday that he's had prayer notes placed in the Western Wall in Jerusalem each year and no major storms have hit Florida.

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The Idaho Public Charter School Commission told the Nampa Classical Academy today it can't use the Bible as a instructional text.

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Mikey Weinstein asked me to pass along this statement from an Army office and West Point graduate about the constant problems he has faced in the military from aggressive Christian superiors who have badgered him relentlessly about his own religious views.

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A mayoral candidate has resurrected a controversy over Creationism at the Tulsa Zoo. A push to exhibit the Christian story of creation at the Tulsa Zoo failed four years ago. Republican candidate for Tulsa mayor, Anna Falling, is bringing the issue front and center.

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"Sotomayor Supported Censoring Biblical Verse on Homosexuality from New York City Billboard":

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A federal appeals court in Denver ruled Monday that a Ten Commandments monument outside the Haskell County, Okla., courthouse endorses religion based on public comments made by county commissioners after it was installed.

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Proclaiming that times of crisis do not justify departure from the Constitution, Federal District Court Judge Lawrence P. Zatkoff allowed the lawsuit against Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the Federal Reserve Board challenging the AIG bailout to proceed.

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The Santa Clarita City Council bypassed a public vote Tuesday night and decided on its own to include "In God We Trust" on the council chambers and government buildings where the city council sees fit.

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Here's yet more video evidence of Christian groups using soldiers to proselytize Muslims in a war zone, this time in Iraq. The video is of an Army chaplain and officer, Capt.

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A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that foes of state tuition tax credits for private and parochial schools are entitled to try to prove they are unconstitutional.

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's Parliament voted unanimously on Saturday to institute Islamic law, a measure lawmakers say they hope will strengthen popular support for the government and siphon it away from the Islamist militias fighting an insurgency here.

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Washington State's Anti-Atheist Wingnuttery

Some of you may recall February stories about Washington resident Kimberlie Struiksma's efforts to put an anti-evolution ballot initiative before Washington voters.

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A Response to "Obama's Judicial Nominee Says Prayers to Allah Okay" Hysteria: Right Wing Once Again Demonstrates that Reality Has a Liberal Bias

Imagine my surprise to find that Obama has nominated to serve on the U.S.

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Parents of two elementary school students last week filed a lawsuit against the St.

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In a memorandum distributed last month at the Air Force Academy in response to several recent complaints about religious bias, base leaders reminded faculty members that "the Air Force is 'officially neutral' when it comes to belief systems." The memorandum said cadets sh …

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Though invocations have long been commonplace at presidential inaugurations and certain events like graduations or religious services at which presidents are guests, the practice of commissioning and vetting prayers for presidential rallies is unprecedented in modern history, acc …

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When the Calumet Area Warming Shelter was slated to close, First Baptist Church of Hammond negotiated a deal with the city in December to keep it open.

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The ACLU of Vermont has filed suit against the Irasburg School District and a 7th grade teacher named Wally Rogers for abusing his position to proselytize his students. You can see the full complaint here. Some of the allegations are pretty bad.

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