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.

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      1 year ago

      I know, it seems like it’d have been so easy to make an exception in this case so he wasn’t harmed by it and not allow it to set a precedent.

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      1 year ago

      There should be significant additional legal penalties when the state violates long established laws and precedents.