A new story is making the rounds now, to the effect that R. Kelly Hamilton, Freshwater's attorney, has been in contact with the anonymous source of the black bag in the parking lot.

A bill that would establish guidelines for teaching Bible literacy in Kentucky public high schools passed the Senate Education Committee Thursday. Senate Bill 142, sponsored by Sen. David Boswell, D-Owensboro, will now go to the full Senate as early as next week.

The place of religion in American public life is a subject of widespread interest and intense debate. Part of that debate concerns the law that applies to these issues.

After the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee threatened to file a lawsuit, Wilson County school officials have agreed to end the annual practice of allowing the unconstitutional distribution of Bibles to students at a Lebanon elementary school and all other Wilson County …

Secretary of State Charlie Daniels violated free speech rights when he rejected a "winter solstice" display at the state Capitol by a group opposed to the nativity scene displayed annually at Arkansas' seat of government, a federal judge ruled today.

The Arkansas Society of Freethinkers have filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Arkansas after their request to put up a temporary winter solstice display on the grounds of the state capitol was denied. You can read the full complaint here (PDF).

A new lawsuit has been filed against the Cheatham County, Tennessee school system over a range of church/state violations including allowing Bible distribution in classrooms, teacher-endorsed prayer at football games and school-sponsored prayer at graduation ceremonies and the te …

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

Anderson is standing by his controversial sermon, entitled "Why I Hate Barack Obama." Video of the sermon has hit YouTube, and he's taped explaining why he hates the President and praying for his death.

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.

Gordon Klingenschmitt is now praying -- in Jesus' name, of course -- for God to strike down Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. You can listen to the prayer here.

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

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 …

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.

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.

To proponents of the separation between Church and State, the virulence of opposition voiced by the Christian Right seems surprising, if not misguided.

In five days, Barack Obama will swear a (mostly) Constitutional oath, and become President of the United States.

Here we go again -- the new session of Congress has just begun and another bill about military chaplains praying in Jesus' name has already been introduced.

Complaints have led to removal of an atheist group's "Imagine No Religion" billboard in Rancho Cucamonga.

The board voted unanimously Thursday to approve "The Bible in History and Literature," which was developed by the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools.

Religious Right activist Gary Bauer surveyed the crowd of more than 2,000 activists gathered at the Hilton Washington Sept. 13 for the annual "Values Voter Summit" and made a shocking announcement.

Texas lawmakers last year approved legislation making it easier for public school districts to teach a Bible course starting next year.

An Oklahoma lawmaker who has said homosexuality poses a bigger threat to the U.S. than terrorism claims she is a "cultural warrior for Judeo-Christian values."

School officials in Terrebonne Parish are considering a policy that would require all commencement speeches to be in English only.

With the election now less than six months away, both presidential hopefuls are busy looking for a vice-president who will bring that certain je ne sais quoi to their respective campaigns.

Back in March, I wrote about John McCain's courting of the radical religious conservative vote-- in particular, his courtship of the endorsements of pastors such as John Hagee and Rod Parsley.

In my article on John McCain, Newsviner Nathan Alan opinedMcCain, right now, should be where Obama found himself when Farakhaun gave an endorsement. ...He isn't and there is a double standard.

Yes, yes, I know. The airwaves have positively been sizzling over Barack Obama's "close association" with "racists" (in the form of a church which seeks to support "black culture").

Frank Schaeffer spent several years making a good living writing books promoting the Religious Right's worldview and speaking before rapturous crowds of fundamentalist Christians.