Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 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-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@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up169·3 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-up49·3 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-up4·3 months agoIn another comment, OP said it was county jail which would be local government-operated.
minus-squareBigMacHole@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoWho Cares about the Constitution? -Republicans who Defend School Shootings with the Constitution!
minus-squarepop@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 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.
Who Cares about the Constitution?
-Republicans who Defend School Shootings with the Constitution!
Constantly under attack?
When was it ever separate?