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Comment on New York inmates are suing to watch the solar eclipse after state orders prisons locked down
prole@sh.itjust.works 7 months agoWould it be bullshit if this were about Christian inmates being denied the ability to receive communion? Or if they were forcing Muslim or Jewish inmates to break halal and kosher respectively by making them eat certain things?
Remind me what the First Amendment is about again?
Also, quick google search found this SCOTUS case from 2005 that seems pretty cut and dry regarding this type of thing: www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna8047388
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 months ago
prole@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Christian’s are actually respecting that there’s legal protections to nature worship, much less non indigenous nature worship
Yeah highly doubt that…
Keep in mind, that article is about events that occurred in 2005. To say a lot has changed since then would be a colossal understatement. Especially when we’re talking about the attitudes of the average Republican then vs. now.
Minotaur@lemm.ee 7 months ago
… yeah man I don’t think it’s an unfair assessment to say that at least the 10 guys all of different religions getting together and saying they all have a vaguely stated religious need to see the solar eclipse aren’t at least kind of bullshitting.
They’re still right to do it. But no dude, these are not a group of guys who legitimately feel watching the solar eclipse is vital to their religion lol. They’re a group of guys trying to scrap a bit of freedom and dignity in an oppressive environment.
prole@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
The human experience is vast, and it’s presumptuous, naive, and arrogant to pretend to know the full extent of what other people believe.
Minotaur@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I’ve got a bridge to sell you
prole@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Hopefully it’s not in Baltimore