Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter to Iowa officials asking the state government not to fund a Christian-themed park in Sioux City.
Pope Francis visited Israel and Palestine and issued an invitation to host both the Palestinian and Israeli presidents for a prayer summit at his apartment in the Vatican.
The principal of a reputed Catholic school in suburban Philadelphia apologized to parents for having sent out dance invitations that featured Ellen DeGeneres on it.
U.S. District Court Judge John Jones III nullified Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriages on May 20 after quashing the teaching of intelligent design in public schools earlier.
After school in Idaho banned a controversial book from its reading list, a student at the school organized a free distribution of the book at a nearby park. This led to Christian parents demanding the book be banned across America.
Creationist Ken Ham was rather unhappy with the Tri-State Freethinkers distributing copies of author Hemant Mehta’s book The Young Atheist’s Survival Guide in a public school in Kentucky.
Mariam Yahya Ibrahim had been charged with adultery for marrying a Christian man and been ordered by the court to abandon her newly adopted Christian faith to revert to Islam.
