Don_Dickle to No Stupid [email protected] • 10 days agoI have been to jail in the US. How come they always offer a bible instead of offering you different religious books like a quran?message-square42fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down113
arrow-up1137arrow-down1message-squareI have been to jail in the US. How come they always offer a bible instead of offering you different religious books like a quran?Don_Dickle to No Stupid [email protected] • 10 days agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-square@xmunklink162•10 days agoBecause the separation of church and state in America is constantly under attack and there’s a large political movement to make America officially Christian.
minus-squareChozolinkfedilink43•10 days agoJust to add an extra dystopian layer: the separation of church and state doesn’t apply, because the prisons are all privately-owned and operated.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•9 days agoIn another comment, OP said it was county jail which would be local government-operated.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•9 days agoConstantly under attack? When was it ever separate?
Because the separation of church and state in America is constantly under attack and there’s a large political movement to make America officially Christian.
Just to add an extra dystopian layer: the separation of church and state doesn’t apply, because the prisons are all privately-owned and operated.
In another comment, OP said it was county jail which would be local government-operated.
That is called Christian nationalism.
Constantly under attack?
When was it ever separate?