MicroWaveJul 21, 2023

Judge: West Virginia can't require incarcerated atheist to participate in religious programming

https://lemmy.world/post/1922392

Judge: West Virginia can't require incarcerated atheist to participate in religious programming - Lemmy.world

A federal judge in West Virginia has ruled that the state corrections agency can’t force an incarcerated atheist and secular humanist to participate in religiously-affiliated programming to be eligible for parole.

Show threadmissveeronicaJul 21, 2023
As a Christian, I agree with this.
Show threadSquirrelJul 21, 2023
Seriously. Forcing prisoners to participate in a religion is just wrong. Imagine the uproar if it was Islam instead of Christianity.
Show threadmissveeronicaJul 21, 2023
And yet, I’m being downvoted.
Show threadSquirrel
Yeah, I’m not sure if people thought you agreed with the state…? I guess we generally see “As a Christian, I <insert terrible opinion here>”, so assumptions of that sort are likely, but I’m not sure. I try to do my part to show that we’re not all the Westboro Baptist type, too.
Jul 21, 2023 at 6:53pmWeb
Show threadmissveeronicaJul 21, 2023
Good point. I do not agree with the state. Nobody should have a religion forced upon them.