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INSIDE THIS UPDATE The Stronger Sex - Spiritually Speaking High Court Rules on Public Displays Pew Forum in the News Top Religion Headlines QUICK LINKS >> Bioethics Death Penalty Gay Marriage Religion & Politics Religion & Public Schools Religion & Social Welfare Religion & the Law Religion & World Affairs U.S. Religious Landscape Survey	The Stronger Sex - Spiritually Speaking March is Women's History Month. A new analysis of data from the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life, finds that women are more religious than men on a variety of measures. View the graphic » High Court Rules on Public Displays On Feb. 25, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the city of Pleasant Grove, Utah, could choose to publicly display one religious monument and not to display another. The case, Pleasant Grove City v. Summum, arose after a small religious group called Summum was refused permission to place a religious monument in a public park - even though the park already has a Ten Commandments display. In Brief: Pleasant Grove City v. Summum A Pew Forum Q&A provides a brief overview of how the Summum case progressed to the Supreme Court. Legal Backgrounder: Religious Displays and the Courts A Pew Forum report explores how the courts have dealt with religious displays on public property. Text of the ruling (pdf) Pew Forum in the News Feb. 23 - Reuters Pope Names Dolan Archbishop of New York Citing Pew Forum data showing that 10 percent of Americans are former Catholics, Reuters reports that declining church membership will be a key challenge for the new archbishop of New York, Timothy Dolan. Read more Pew Forum in the News articles » Top Religion Headlines Feb. 25 - The New York Times Citing Cost, States in U.S. Consider Halting Death Penalty Feb. 24 - St. Petersburg Times St. Petersburg Evangelist Bill Keller Pushes Back at the IRS Feb. 24 - The Associated Press South Carolina Lawmakers Approve One-Day Wait for Abortion Feb. 24 - U.S. News & World Report A New Tradition for Obama's Presidential Events: Opening With a Prayer Feb. 24 - Religion News Service Vatican to Study Place of Darwin, Galileo Feb. 24 - Los Angeles Times Supreme Court to Hear Mojave Cross Case Feb. 24 - The Associated Press Report: Taxpayer-Funded Family Planning Averts Need for 800,000 Abortions Per Year Feb. 20 - Religion News Service Fairness Doctrine Is Still Dead, but Groups Are Still Worried Feb. 20 - The Washington Post Government Cutbacks Leave Faith-Based Services Hurting Feb. 19 - Religion News Service Lutherans Move to Allow Gay Clergy - Sort of Read more Religion News » Photo credit: Corbis

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