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Atheists persuade UW-Extension to remove Bibles

Associated Press

*" FILE ** The twin towers of the World Trade Center burn on Sept. 11, 2001, behind the Empire State Building in New York. (Associated Press)

Tenn. school board to retrain staff on church-state separation after pastor gives 9/11 speech

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Roy Costner IV of Liberty High School recites the Lord's prayer during his valedictorian speech in South Carolina. (Image: YouTube)

Atheist group blames school for student reciting the Lord’s Prayer at graduation

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The cheerleaders of Kountze Middle School use their faith-based signs at the middle school football game held at Kountze High School on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, in Kountze, Texas. (AP Photo/The Beaumont Enterprise, Randy Edwards)

Texas cheerleaders win legal right to wave banners with biblical quotes

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

"Culture — what you believe, what you value, how you live — matters," Mitt Romney told graduates gathered in the football stadium at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., on Saturday. The former Massachusetts governor, a Mormon who has struggled to connect with evangelical Christians, drew sustained applause when he said unequivocally: "Marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman." (Associated Press)

Pay for Pray: Ex-Navy chaplain to pay graduation speakers for offering a prayer

By Mary Lou Byrd - The Washington Free Beacon

Atheists sue IRS for ‘Pulpit Freedom Sunday’

By Keely Brazil - The Washington Times

Cheerleaders at Kountze High School in Kountze, Texas, in September were told by district officials to stop using Bible verses at football games after the Freedom From Religion Foundation complained. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, that he will defend the cheerleaders. (Beaumont Enterprise via Associated Press)

Texas judge rules for cheerleaders in Bible banner suit

By Chris Tomlinson - Associated Press

Cheerleaders’ biblical banners OK

By Chris Tomlinson - Associated Press

Kountze High School cheerleader Brooke Coates writes Scripture verses on a vehicle. The southeast Texas community is backing cheerleaders after they were told not to use Scripture verses on their banners at football games. The court has intervened in the issue of religion in public schools. (Associated Press)

Judge tackles Scripture at Texas football games

By Ramit Plushnick-Masti - Associated Press

Colorado Attorney General John W. Suthers is appealing a state appeals court ruling that the day-of-prayer proclamation is unconstitutional. (Associated Press)

Annual Day of Prayer proclamations in dispute

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Cash-strapped R.I. city backing down in cross fight

By Erika Niedowski - Associated Press

Appeals court overturns Day of Prayer ban

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

CITIZEN JOURNALISM: In God they do not trust