Don_Dickle to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 13 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-square43fedilinkarrow-up1151
arrow-up1151message-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 Questions@lemmy.world • 13 days agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-square@xmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink169•13 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-squareChozolinkfedilink49•13 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@TheRedSpade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•13 days agoIn another comment, OP said it was county jail which would be local government-operated.
minus-square@pop@lemmy.mllinkfedilink5•12 days agoConstantly under attack? When was it ever separate?
minus-square@BigMacHole@lemm.eelinkfedilink5•13 days agoWho Cares about the Constitution? -Republicans who Defend School Shootings with the Constitution!
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?
Who Cares about the Constitution?
-Republicans who Defend School Shootings with the Constitution!