Don_Dickle@lemmy.world 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-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-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 · 13 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 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-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 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.
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.