VIRGINIA

Albemarle County Teachers Refuse Distribution of Atheist Camp Fliers
www.readthehook.com

Virginia Baptist Homes Land Won't Shelter Retirement Home from Taxes
www.roanoke.com
ourvalley.org


NATIONAL

Presidential Candidate Romney's Run Has LDS Members Wary of Scrutiny
www.nytimes.com
www.sltrib.com

Sacred Heart University Poll Finds Voters Want a Religious President
www.christianpost.com
www.sacredheart.edu

Baptist Conventioneers Warned About Islam, Atheism, and Politics
www.washingtonpost.com
www.chron.com

FDLS Seeks Legal, Social Recognition for Plural Marriage
www.reuters.com

Americans Unfamiliar with LDS Church are Curious, Suspicious
www.pantagraph.com
www.latimes.com

See also: LDS Church Grows, Struggles against Stereotypes
www.rensselaerrepublican.com
www.theage.com.au

Pagans in U.S. Armed Forces Labor for Recognition, Acceptance
www.military.com

Ft. Leavenworth Withdraws Bible Study Guides Said to Disparage Judaism
www.kansascity.com

Texas Governor Signs Student Religious Expression Bill into Law
www.kcbd.com

Oregon House Passes Workplace Religious Freedom Bill
www.salem-news.com

New Jersey Legislature Bill Compels Pharmacies to Fill Prescriptions
www.nj.com

California Indian Tribe Buildings on List of Endangered Historic Sites
www.latimes.com
www.sfgate.com

Barna Group Poll Shows Demography of Faith, Agnosticism and Atheism
www.latimes.com
www.christianpost.com


COURTS/LEGAL

2nd Circuit Allows Detainee Religious Discrimination Claims to Proceed
jurist.law.pitt.edu
www.ca2.uscourts.gov:8080

Colorado University Appeals 10th Circuit Exclusion from State Aid Program
www.rockymountainnews.com
www.rockymountainnews.com

Federal Inmates Sue over Removal of Religious Texts from Prison Chapels
www.usatoday.com

Federal Court Rejects Muslim Officer's Challenge to Police Uniform Rules
www.philly.com

Arizona Superior Court Upholds State.s School Voucher Program
www.azstarnet.com
phoenix.bizjournals.com

Arizona Attorney General Files Suits against FLDS .Shunning.
www.azcentral.com
www.tucsoncitizen.com

New York Times Finds Justice Department Focusing on Religious Rights
www.nytimes.com


INTERNATIONAL

USCIRF Condemns Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws
www.zeenews.com
www.uscirf.gov

Asian, African Christian Missionaries Find Fertile Ground in Europe
www.washingtonpost.com

Samarra Shrine Bombing Strains Shi.ite Patience
www.csmonitor.com
www.nytimes.com
www.washingtonpost.com

Iraqi Christian Refugees Search for Escape from Legal Limbo Worldwide
www.washingtonpost.com
www.nytimes.com

See also: Iraq.s Lone Anglican Parish Struggles to Cope with Conditions
www.msnbc.msn.com
checkpointbaghdad.talk.newsweek.com

Thai Muslims Caught Between Insurgency, Counter-Terrorism Operations
www.nytimes.com

Czech Commission to Formalize Church-State Relations, Pay Reparations
www.praguepost.com

List of Websites Checked:

International/Non-Governmental Organizations
www.osce.org
www.irla.org
www.minorityrights.org
www.forum18.org
pewforum.org
www.unpo.org
www.religioustolerance.org
www.freedomforum.org
www.firstamendmentcenter.org
www.religionandsocialpolicy.org
www.opendoorsusa.org
www.ohchr.org
crf.hudson.org
www.faithinpubliclife.org
www.wwrn.org

US Government Agencies
www.usdoj.gov
www.state.gov
www.uscirf.gov

Religion News
www.beliefnet.com
www.religionwriters.com
www.pbs.org
religionclause.blogspot.com
meaningoflife.tv

Legal Foundations
www.aclu.org
www.rluipa.com
www.becketfund.org
www.oyez.org
www.rutherford.org
www.au.org
www.aclj.org
www.ffrf.org
www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org
www.lc.org
www.thomasmore.org
www.humanistlegalcenter.org

Academic Sites
www.pluralism.org
jurist.law.pitt.edu

Interest Sites
www.bjconline.org
www.csw.org.uk
www.indiancountry.com
www.cair-net.org
news.bahai.org
www.saldef.org
www.persecution.org
www.fotf.ca
www.christian.org.uk
www.churchstate.org
www.infidels.org
www.christianitytoday.com
www.narf.org
www.hinduamericanfoundation.org
zenit.org
www.maaf.info
www.hrwf.org
www.copts4freedom.com
imamsofamerica.com
www.saldef.org
www.cfidc.org
www.americanhumanist.org
www.ekklesia.co.uk

Newsclips is compiled by the Council for America's First Freedom as an educational weekly news-clipping service. The purpose of this publication is to assist readers interested in religious freedom news in staying up to date on issues in this area. The views and opinions expressed in each article are those of the respective authors and original publishers of the articles, and are not intended to represent the viewpoint of the Council.

Prepared by the Education Division
of the Council for
America's First Freedom

Isabelle Kinnard Richman, JD, Ph.D.,
Vice President for Education

Jefferson Gray, Staff Writer