Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 months 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-squaremessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down113
arrow-up1138arrow-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@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squarexmunklinkfedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down6·4 months 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-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up49arrow-down5·4 months 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-squareTheRedSpade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoIn another comment, OP said it was county jail which would be local government-operated.
minus-squarepop@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months 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?