A group of clergymen filed suit in North Carolina challenging state laws that make it illegal for them to perform wedding ceremonies for gay and lesbian couples within their congregations.
An atheist family in New Jersey is suing the Matawan Aberdeen Regional School District over the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance that students have to recite every day.
Irish education minister Ruari Quinn asks primary schools to cut down on time allocated to religion and use it to improve students’ literacy and numeracy skills.
Guilty of “insulting religion”, a blogger was arrested and convicted after the local police received complaints about his satirical page from a neonazi politician.
On January 14, a federal judge ruled that Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional as it denies gay and lesbian couples their fundamental right to equality.
