A Washington-based organization is threatening to sue metro Atlanta school boards for using church facilities to host their graduation ceremonies, but one conservative group maintains the schools are not in violation of the Constitution.

In response to the threatening letters Americans United for Separation of Church and State has sent to Atlanta-area school boards, Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel decides the organization is misrepresenting the Constitution. He points out that schools do have the right to choose graduation venues, even if they include religious facilities.

"There is no constitutional problem with regards to having a public school graduation at a church facility, as long as it pays just like anybody else," he explains. "Obviously, [a school] can get better facilities at a lower cost if it does so"...

WASHINGTON - More than 100 leaders of religious groups are urging Congress to reject legislation that would prohibit them from hiring only fellow believers if they accept federal funds.

Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, says taxpayers shouldn't fund religious charities that discriminate against nonbelievers in hiring.

But officials from Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish groups argue that while they serve people of any religion, it's the shared faith of their employees that motivates and defines their mission...