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| Judges hear challenge to faith program |
| By The St. Louis-Dispatch |
| Published: 02/13/2007 |
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ST.LOUIS, MO - A panel of three federal judges, including former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, heard this morning from both sides of an Iowa prison-ministry dispute in a case that will affect how religious organizations minister to inmates, and the overall viability of President George W. Bush's faith-based initiative. The case centers on whether a financial contract between the state of Iowa and Prison Fellowship Ministries, Inc. to provide voluntary inmate rehabilitation is unconstitutional. The 18-month program, called InnerChange Freedom Initiative, is grounded in evangelical Christianity and involves full-time participation in a distinct housing unit of the prison. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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