Weekly Update
june 21, 2012
Candidate Preference by Religious Group
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press  
The most recent Pew Research Center polling reports the presidential candidate preference of religious groups. Read the complete report or go directly to the analysis of presidential candidate preference by religion (PDF).  

50th Anniversary of Landmark Supreme Court Ruling on Prayer in Public Schools
 

June 25 will mark the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1962 ruling on Engel v. Vitale, in which the High Court determined that school-sponsored prayer, even if it were nonsectarian, violated the Establishment Clause. For more on this and other significant Supreme Court rulings on religion in public schools, see the Pew Forum's in-depth examination of the legal issues surrounding the role of religion in public schools. READ THE FULL REPORT ON RELIGION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS > 
JUNE 18 - RELIGION NEWS SERVICE
An article about the religious persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt cites a 2011 Pew Forum report, Rising Restrictions on Religion. The article also quotes Pew Forum Senior Researcher Brian Grim, lead author of the Rising Restrictions on Religion report.
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JUNE 19 - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 
JUNE 17 - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JUNE 17 - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 
JUNE 17 - CHICAGO TRIBUNE
JUNE 17 - THE MACON TELEGRAPH
JUNE 17 - THE NEW YORK TIMES
JUNE 17 - THE TELEGRAPH
JUNE 16 - THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
JUNE 14 - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JUNE 13 - THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR 
READ MORE RELIGION NEWS ON THE WEB >
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