Watchdog group files case on behalf of local families who object to sectarian venue for public event ... [More]

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

Civil liberties groups say taxpayers should be allowed to challenge public funding of Baptist childcare agency that indoctrinates children and discriminates against gay workers based on religion ... [More]

Watchdog Group says Washington, D.C. program forces taxpayers to fund religious schools and diverts attention arom public school improvement -- calls on the Senate to reject Sen. John Ensign's proposal to extend Washington, D.C.'s private school voucher plan. ... [More]

Unprecedented in recent history, Obama's practice of opening presidential events with a prayer seems like it will become a new tradition, further eroding the boundaries between church and state. ... [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]

Obama administration continues religious emphasis of the Bush era, but offers hope that the new approach will be more inclusive and less sectarian ... [More]

Americans United for Separation of Church and State has warned three Wisconsin public school districts and a community college that they may face litigation if they do not stop holding graduation ceremonies in a church. ... [More]

Senate made the right call in rejecting reckless religious right overture, says church-state watchdog group ... [More]

Church-state watchdog group expresses disappointment that Bush-era rules allowing religion-based hiring discrimination remain in place [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]