Friday, July 15, 2016
DOJ working FOR religious rights?????
Well! Good news! I thought the Feds were engaged in a total pogrom against Christians and Muslims, smashing religious freedom wherever it poked its ugly head up. Nope, the Department of Jesse Jackson is fighting FOR religious rights!
The state of Florida cannot use the vague threat of potential budget shortfalls to deny thousands of prisoners kosher meals they request for religious reasons, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the [Jesse Jackson] Department and against the Florida Department of Corrections. The state wanted permission to discontinue the kosher meals if the estimated $12.3 million cost was needed elsewhere.See? It's not all ba.... Whoopsie. This is "rights" for PRISONERS, not for CITIZENS. If you want "rights", you have to commit a crime. Never mind. Everything is normal after all. The article contains an obvious typo:
The ruling upholds a previous decision by a Miami federal judge which permanently requires that the meals be provided. About 10,000 of Florida's roughly 100,000 inmates currently participate in the kosher program, which includes Jewish inmates, Muslims and Seventh Day Adventists, Florida officials have said.Obvious typo. "Jewish inmates" are physically impossible. Should read
The ruling upholds a previous decision by a Miami federal judge which permanently requires that the meals be provided. About 10,000 of Florida's roughly 100,000 inmates currently participate in the kosher program, which includes Muslims and Seventh Day Adventists, Florida officials have said.The organizers of the lawsuit were clever. They knew a suit asking for halal for the Muslims or vegie for the SDA would be marginal. The normal preference for giving "rights" solely to criminals could be overbalanced by the Federal requirement to slaughter Muslims and Christians, so they focused on kosher, which is essentially the same as halal and provides clarity for the SDA. (Vegies prefer food with the K on it, because you can count on accurate labeling. You won't find lard or chicken fat in a supposedly non-meat item.) = = = = = Stupid personal sidenote: I was already thinking about prisoner "rights" in a local way. Group Health likes to hold my blood-pressure pills hostage to bring me in for "wellness" exams. I grumpily entertained the idea of committing a crime to get the pills, because prisoners can't be denied necessary prescriptions. Decided against it. At some point there will be an issue worth going to jail for, but this ain't it. Pay the two dollars, as the saying goes.
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