Some interesting law & religion stories from around the web this week:
- Two conservative religious groups say they were also the subject of unusual scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service
- Georgia governor Nathan Deal has ordered that Bibles be returned to state park resorts after review
- Minnesota became the 12th U.S. State to approve same-sex marriage
- In Tbilisi, Georgia, ultra-conservative Orthodox Church supporters prevented a gay rights rally
- A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced two men to lashes and prison terms for converting a woman to Christianity and helping her flee
- A Christian schoolteacher will be tried in Egypt for insulting Islam
- A growing number of Copts, including some of the most successful businessmen, have left Egypt or are preparing to do so, fearing persecution by an Islamist-controlled government
- Philippine Catholic groups make a push for Pro-Life candidates
- In Ohio, a gay teacher fired by a local Catholic school says her union will not support her challenge
- Human cloning advance prompts religious objections
- Christian churches back Jews facing anti-Semitism in Hungary
- In Singapore, six church leaders are being tried for embezzling more than $50 million to fund the pop music career of the wife of their evangelical movement’s founder
- Church leaders say Israeli police mistreated clergy at Orthodox Easter