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oraxx's avatar

The history on these things is pretty clear. Forcing religion on people rarely has a happy ending. Rather than address the real issues regarding this man's return to society, the parole officer and shelter turned to an invisible man in the sky, and a magic book. A magic book with as many ways to interpret it as there are people. The people who would respond well to this, probably aren't in jail to begin with.

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The Christians who are in positions of power in our judicial system think it's their ball, their bat, and their game, with rules set by them, and EVERYONE has to follow along if they want to play. Mark Janny arrives on the scene and says, "No," and winds up penalized for his having the unmitigated nerve to be DIFFERENT. Thankfully, the system isn't so saturated with believers that such a violation of civil rights can go on indefinitely without correction. This is why I personally think that ANYONE who serves in a government position needs to understand that governments operate under SECULAR law, not the law of the Bible or the Quran, and that bringing their beliefs into the equation exposes them and the system to litigation that both can do without.

That lesson hasn't been fully learned yet, but at least in this one instance, maybe a clue has been caught.

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