PEOPLE & EVENTS.

The article offers news briefs related to church and state in the U.S. The Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has ruled that the Mount Soledad cross in San Diego, California represents as a government favoritism toward one religion. Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray has decided to mark his inauguration with an ecumenical prayer service, but the atheists were not invited to speak during the event. Religious Right groups have joined forces to condemn the radical environmental movement.