Americans United for Separation of Church and State today expressed disappointment at the Obama administration’s decision to ask former football coach Tony Dungy to serve on the president’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. “God & Country,” the religion blog of U.S. News & World Report, said today that Dungy has been asked to serve on the council, but he has not yet decided whether to do so ...

Today’s Arizona Supreme Court decision striking down two school voucher programs is a welcome action that protects religious liberty and public education, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State. The Arizona high court, ruling unanimously, said the voucher subsidies violate...

The Texas Board of Education should remove language from proposed science standards that opens the door to teaching religious concepts in public schools, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State. “Texas can either have world-class science standards or allow fundamentalists to...

Americans United for Separation of Church and State today praised the U.S. Senate for refusing to provide funding indefinitely for a controversial private school voucher plan in Washington, D.C. Americans United asserts that the program, initially funded as a five-year experiment, serves mainly to...

Americans United for Separation of Church and State has called on the Senate to reject Sen. John Ensign’s proposal to extend Washington, D.C.’s private school voucher plan. The program, Americans United asserts, funds religious schools, diverts attention from public school improvement...

The U.S. Supreme Court made the right call today in refusing to hear a case from New Jersey dealing with a high school football coach who wants to pray with students, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State.  Without comment, the justices announced that they will not hear an...

Dr. James C. Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, announced today that he is stepping down as chairman of that organization. The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, issued the following statement: “James Dobson’s decision to...

The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that a Utah community does not have to erect a religious code from a group called Summum in a public park where the Ten Commandments are displayed. Americans United for Separation of Church and State said the court made the right decision but urged that all...

The U.S. Supreme Court should use a new controversy over a cross on park land in California to make it clear that government has no right to display religious symbols, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State. The court today announced it will hear Salazar v. Buono, a legal battle...

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. In letters sent today, Americans United advised officials at the Elmbrook...

Americans United for Separation of Church and State today hailed a Senate vote rejecting tax funding for religious facilities in the economic recovery package. “The Senate has voted to reaffirm an important American principle that religious groups should pay their own way and not expect...

Americans United for Separation of Church and State today expressed disappointment that President Barack Obama’s “faith-based” initiative is being rolled out without repeal of Bush-era policies that violate civil rights and civil liberties. Obama issued an executive order today...

Also joining the suit were the Hindu American Foundation and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Attendees at the rally signed petitions and listened to speeches from a wide array of “I Believe” supporters, including Lt. ...

Media outlets reported today that President Barack Obama will name Joshua DuBois, a Pentecostal minister who did religious outreach during the campaign, to head a revamped White House office of “faith-based” initiatives. The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for...

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 recovery package, according to Americans United for Separation of Church and State. HR 1, the measure approved by the House yesterday, includes a...

A public school in Louisiana would violate the U.S. Constitution if it allows a school-sponsored field trip to a Christian event called “Just for Jesus,” according to Americans United for Separation of Church and State. At its next meeting on Jan. 27, the Ouachita Parish School Board...

The Christian cross is not an appropriate symbol to memorialize deceased veterans of many different faith perspectives and should not be displayed on government property, Americans United for Separation of Church and State has told a federal appeals court. Americans United and other religious and...

Today’s White House report on President George W. Bush’s “faith-based” initiative seeks to mask the shortcomings of a badly failed policy, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State. “The Bush initiative played crass politics with social service funding...

A public school in Arkansas violated the U.S. Constitution by arranging construction of a special meeting room for a Christian student group, according to Americans United for Separation of Church and State. School officials at Fountain Lake High School in Hot Springs, Ark., refer to the room,...

(The Hindu American Foundation and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee also signed on.) “I wish our legislators would read the Constitution as avidly as they read public opinion polls,” Jones, a Unitarian minister, ...

The role of religion in the presidential campaign tops the 2008 “Top Ten” list of top church-state stories, according to the editors of Church & State. The monthly magazine, published by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, is the nation’s only news periodical...

A federal appeals court has ruled that a military retiree has no right to be compensated by the federal government for work he did as a youth pastor, in a case an attorney with Americans United for Separation of Church and State helped argue. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Dec. 18 that...

Dr. Neal Jones as well as the Hindu American Foundation and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. In legal briefs, AU asserted that the “I Believe” license plate was unlike other specialty tags offered by the state. ...

Dr. Neal Jones as well as the Hindu American Foundation and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. In legal briefs, AU asserted that the “I ...