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Freedom From Religion Foundation filed suit against the U.S. Department of Education.


* Also in April, the Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation is an American Freethought organization based in Madison, Wisconsin. Its purposes, as stated in its bylaws, are to promote the separation of church and state, and to educate the public on matters relating to nontheism.  filed suit against the U.S. Department of Education, charging a violation of separation of church and state
See also: .
Separation of church and state is a political and legal doctrine which states that government and religious institutions are to be kept separate and independent of one another.
 over the federal funding of Alaska Christian College For the university in Oregon formerly called Christian College, see .

Christian College, is a school established by the Anglican Church in 1822 in Kotte, Sri Lanka. It is the oldest school in Sri Lanka. One of its masters, Rev.
 in Soldotna. Affiliated with the Evangelical Covenant Church The Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) is an evangelical Christian denomination of more than 750 congregations in the United States and Canada with ministries on five continents of the world.  of Alaska, the tiny Christian college has only thirty-seven students but has received more than $1 million in federal money over the past two years, thanks to the efforts of Republican Representative Don Young and Senators Ted Stevens and Lisa Murkowski.

Karen Ann Gajewski is a freelance editor and an editorial consultant to the Humanist.
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Title Annotation:Worth Noting
Author:Gajewski, Karen Ann
Publication:The Humanist
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jul 1, 2005
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