Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 12 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-square28fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down17
arrow-up1107arrow-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 · 12 days agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down5·12 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-up35arrow-down4·12 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-squarepop@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 days 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.
That is called Christian nationalism.
Constantly under attack?
When was it ever separate?