From Associated Baptist Press:
A Pennsylvania county has settled a lawsuit over funding a prisoner-rehabilitation program that allegedly was filled with religious content.
Bradford County, Pa., and attorneys representing six county taxpayers agreed to the settlement in federal court April 3, according to one of the groups representing the plaintiffs. Americans United for Separation of Church and State announced the settlement, noting the county has 'agreed to bar any public funding of religious activities' in future county contracts and plans to monitor future county-funded programs for compliance.
We wouldn't want criminals to get morals, now would we. What kind of sense would that make? He might take that "thou shalt not steal" or that "love your neighbor as yourself" drivel from the Bible seriously! That would be unconscionable.
Allowing taxpayer funds to help run a religious program that will help paroled criminals stay out of jail in the future does NOT constitute "Congress [making a] law respecting an establishment of religion." Nor does it constitute a "theocracy."
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