The justices condemned what happened to the former inmate, Damon Landor. But they ruled that a federal #law designed to protect the #ReligiousRights of inmates does not permit lawsuits for #MoneyDamages even when rights are violated.
#SCOTUS agreed with lower courts that without exception had ruled that the law, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act [ #RLUIPA ], can’t be used to hold those who violate inmates’ rights financially responsible.
CAQ's #QuebecConstitution plan was assimilationist: experts
Five #UnitedNations #HumanRights experts say the #CoalitionAvenirQuébec’s now-shelved proposed constitution could have violated #InternationalLaw on minority, Indigenous and #ReligiousRights, describing part of the plan as “#assimilationist.”
#CAQ #Quebec #FuckTheCAQ #StopAuthoritarianism #MinorityRights #IndigenousRights #Bill1 #SimonJolinBarrette #Justice
One can understand both sides of the argument in this tragic case; male Sikhs believe their adherence to their religion requires them to carry the kirpan, a ceremonial knife symbolic of their faith but, in today's society, does it need to be large enough to inflict lethal wounds?
After all, I understand many Christians carry a Cross symbolic of their faith, but it is seldom large enough to be used to crucify a man...
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#HumanRights #RightToLife
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1d2w411rgro
Hey Bacchants!
I’m working on writing up a slew of religious accommodation and exemption letters. Here’s the list so far. If you have an idea for a religious need not listed, please drop a comment.
Temple of Dionysus — Religious Accommodation Needs
* Recognition of self-identified name and pronouns as sacred identity
* Freedom of expression in clothing, hair, and personal adornment
* Right to community, social interaction, and communal worship
* Protection from enforced isolation or solitary conditions
* Access to nature and direct sunlight on a regular basis
* Right to disconnect from digital systems for prayer and reflection
* Freedom to engage in creative expression (music, poetry, art) as worship
* Bodily autonomy and rejection of invasive digital tracking or monitoring
* Conscience-based exemptions from conflicting activities or procedures
* Right to decline compelled religious oaths; use of secular affirmations
* Adherence to Xenia (hospitality): ability to offer aid without interference
* Protection from xenophobia, discrimination, or forced participation in such environments
* Right to perform or ensure proper funeral rites and honors for the dead
* Accommodation for religious holidays and festival observance
* Permission for religious dress, veiling, grooming, and dietary practices
* Access to ritual materials (oils, resins, candles where safe) and clergy support
* Right to sacred grounding (barefoot practice) where reasonably safe, at own risk
* Right to periods of silence and withdrawal from overstimulating environments
* Recognition of chosen family as equal to biological kin for visitation/support
* Right to maintain natural consciousness; refusal of mind-altering intervention
* Recognition of divine inspiration and religious ecstasy as valid, non-pathological states. Protection from punishment or .intervention absent immediate risk of harm
* Use of sacramental intoxicants as part of religious practice (particularly off-duty / private).Protection from punitive measures based ritual sacramental use
* Freedom from invasive testing (urine, blood, hair, DNA) even in connection to substance use, fertility, and ancestry.
* Refusal of Forced Participation in modern Warfare or forced labor to aid modern warfare.
* The right to rest and relaxation.
~ Creative Director, Alyx the Amused
As a reminder, we are an officially registered 501(c)3 nonprofit religious organization recognized in all 50 states, and have signed the Xenia Declaration.
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A federal judge has permanently dismissed The Satanic Temple’s challenge to Idaho’s abortion bans, finding the group lacked standing and that no amendment could save its claims, ending years of litigation over religious freedom and reproductive rights.
#thesatanictemple #abortionban #abortion #idaho #religiousrights #reproductiverights
A federal judge has permanently dismissed The Satanic Temple’s challenge to Idaho’s abortion bans, finding the group lacked standing and that no amendment could save its claims, ending years of litigation over religious freedom and reproductive rights.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Landor v. Louisiana, a religious freedom case testing whether prison officials can be held personally liable under federal law for violating a Rastafarian inmate’s right to keep his dreadlocks as an expression of religious faith.
#pagan #scotus #landorvslouisiana #prisonerrights #RLUIPA #inmaterights #rastafarianism #religion #religiousrights
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Landor v. Louisiana, a religious freedom case testing whether prison officials can be held personally liable under federal law for violating a Rastafarian inmate’s right to keep his dreadlocks as an expression of religious faith.
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