separation of church and state News

Flowood - A public high school in Mississippi allegedly forced students to attend assemblies at which they were shown a Christian video and subjected to preaching about Jesus Christ.

Jackson - A Kentucky county is removing the biblical Ten Commandments from its public schools after a complaint from the nation's leading freethought group.

A newly-released poll has revealed that more than a third of Americans favor declaring Christianity the official state religion of the United States.

Jackson - The nation's foremost civil liberties and freethought groups have joined forces in a federal lawsuit that seeks to force an Ohio public school to remove a portrait of Jesus Christ from its entranceway.

Dublin - On Feb. 5, the Irish government released a long awaited report on Ireland’s Magdalen Laundries. The Magdalen Laundries operated from 1765, and took in ‘fallen women’ but their existence was often ignored in Ireland and unknown to the outside world.

Debate over the contentious issue of separation between Church and State at a school, the Jackson Middle School in southern Ohio, was centered over a painting, a "portrait" of Jesus hung over the entrance of the school.

Indianapolis - A bill introduced by the chairman of the Indiana state Senate education committee would allow mandatory prayer in public schools.

Des Moines - A heated exchange between Mitt Romney and an Iowa radio host on Mormonism has surfaced online, reviving questions on how much Romney’s Mormon faith might supersede his duties to the nation if he became President.

Starke - The civil rights and First Amendment defenders officially filed a lawsuit against Bradford County, FL for their erection of a Ten Commandments monument in front of their courthouse.

Starke - A group of atheists descended upon the small town of Starke, Florida to protest the erection of a monument of the Ten Commandments in front of the Bradford County Courthouse.