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.

    • Squirrel@thelemmy.club
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      29
      ·
      1 year ago

      Seriously. Forcing prisoners to participate in a religion is just wrong. Imagine the uproar if it was Islam instead of Christianity.

        • Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          8
          ·
          1 year ago

          There will be people browsing the comments who read the article, left feeling angry and powerless. Then you reveal yourself as someone who ascribes to what they see as ‘enemy’, downvoting you is a way to exert some (small) sense of power. Try not to take it personally.

          I wish more Christians thought like you.

        • Squirrel@thelemmy.club
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          7
          ·
          1 year ago

          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.