Is there any time of year more exciting for a church-state watcher than graduation season? Here's an update of recent events. New Jersey's Netpune Township and the ACLU have come to a compromise agreement on the commencement venue for Monmouth County High...
AP reports that a petition has been filed with all the signatures needed to put a religious freedom constitutional amendment to North Dakota voters next year. Numerous states in recent years have enacted these Religious Freedom Restoration Act laws to ensure the state...
In response to a sweeping lawsuit alleging numerous church-state violations in its public schools, Tennessee's Sumner County claims that "inevitable church-state involvement" justifies many of the activities in question. The Tennessean reports: The suit...
At Religion Clause, Howard Friedman notes that Santa Monica could become the second California city to place on the 2012 ballot a ban on circumcision. A similar measure will be up for public referendum in San Francisco, prompting fierce opposition by many religious...
An editorial in today's Lexington Herald-Leader recounts the series of bad decisions that have now left two counties with a bill of nearly half a million dollars – plus interest – for their stubborn church-state violations. It's a good reminder...
