HOUSE TO VOTE WEDNESDAY ON D.C. VOUCHER SCHEME!: (March 29th, 2011) - Congress needs to hear from you now to stop aid-to-religious schools.

HOUSE TO VOTE WEDNESDAY ON D.C. VOUCHER SCHEME!: (March 29th, 2011) - Congress needs to hear from you now to stop aid-to-religious schools.

SPEAK OUT, URGE CONGRESS TO NOT AFFIRM 'IN GOD WE TRUST' SLOGAN: (March 20th, 2011) - Legislation that would affirm "In God We Trust" as the official national motto is moving quickly through the U.S. House of Representatives.

TELL MILITARY OFFICIALS-- EQUAL TREATMENT FOR FT. BRAGG SECULAR CONCERT!: (March 15th, 2011) - Officials at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, are no longer cooperating with organizers of ROCK BEYOND BELIEF, a secular musical event that was originally slated for April 2, 2011.

BILL SEEKS TO RESTORE VOUCHER SCHEME, TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES FOR RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS: (March 4th, 2011) - Legislation introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. John Boehner would restore funding to a controversial vouch program, and permit subsidies for private -- and mostly parochial -- schools.

TELL CONGRESS NOW -- APPROVE DARWIN DAY RESOLUTION!: (February 10th, 2011) - U.S. Representative Pete Stark (D-CA) has introduced legislation that would designate February 12, 2011 as "Darwin Day," a celebration and recognition of "the importance of science in the betterment of humanity."

Atheists: a forgotten minority: (February 6th, 2012) - The struggle for social inclusion is being fought on many fronts at the moment, and one group that tends to take a backseat is atheists.

ARKANSAS - Legislative leaders not inclined to oppose ban on religion in state-funded preschools: (February 5th, 2012) - A state lawmaker last week called on the Legislature to reject a proposed rule banning preschools from using state money for religious activities, but legislative leaders say a line between church and state has to be drawn somewhere.

NEW YORK - Schools: No place for religious services: (February 5th, 2012) - The religious congregations at the heart of a recent controversy about the separation of church and state — nearly all of them Christian — are upset that a recent federal appeals court decision is forcing them out of the New York City public schools they have long called home.

CONNECTICUT - ACLU objects to school lease on church grounds: (February 5th, 2012) - The ACLU of Connecticut Friday publicly objected to a lease between the city of Stamford and St. Clement's Parish, due to what it calls "unconstitutional restrictions on public education."

Bill Maher: Atheism is a religion like abstinence is a sex position: (February 4th, 2012) - Bill Maher has a new rule: Atheism is not a religion. On Friday night’s edition of Real Time Maher told his audience that atheism and religion are not two sides of the same coin, joking - “Atheism is a religion like abstinence is a sex position.”

VIRGINIA - Federal Judge Orders Pittsylvania Co. Board to Halt Prayers: (February 3rd, 2012) - Federal Judge Michael Urbanski issued a preliminary injunction Friday telling the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors to halt prayers before meetings until a final ruling in their suit with the ACLU is made.

NEW YORK - NYC Council, State Senate Rush to Keep Churches in Public Schools: (February 3rd, 2012) - The New York State Senate is fast-tracking a bill to override a law upheld by the federal courts that forbids worship services in New York City public schools.

CALIFORNIA - Atheist Billboard in Santa Ana: (February 3rd, 2012) - A billboard posted along a Santa Ana freeway is encouraging drivers to come out to their loved ones. The 48-by-14 foot sign tells passersby not to be ashamed if they don’t believe in a god.

TEXAS - Coming to a South Dallas Billboard: A Celebration of Black Atheists & Freethinkers: (February 3rd, 2012) - When we last caught up with the Dallas-Forth Worth Coalition of Reason, our local band of atheists, freethinkers and humanists, they were trying fruitlessly to get The Dallas Morning News to include a "secular perspective" in their weekly religion blog.

INDIANA - Atheist banner to fly over Superbowl: (February 3rd, 2012) - They say that America is the most religious nation of the developed world, but is football really a religion? On February 5th, Superbowl Sunday, American Atheists will be flying a banner over Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana that will read, “Football beats church anytime – atheists.org.”

ALABAMA - 'Bible Man' OK'd by Jackson County school board: (February 3rd, 2012) - A parentﾒs complaint about religious assemblies during the school day brought more than 100 people supporting the assemblies to a called meeting of the Jackson County school board Monday night (Jan. 30, 2012).

INDIANA - Creationist School Bill Looks Doomed: (February 3rd, 2012) - Legislators in Indiana appear to have fallen short of their goal of injecting creationism into U.S. public schools, at least for this year. However, they did deploy a few new tactics in the never-ending assault on evolutionary theory by religious fundamentalists.