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Faith-based contracts draw lawsuit
By The Associated Press
Published: 05/21/2007

TALLAHASSEE, FL - State prison officials Friday denied an allegation contained in a lawsuit that agreements with two faith-based contractors to provide transitional housing for released prisoners are unconstitutional.

The Council for Secular Humanism and two private citizens filed the lawsuit Thursday in circuit court in Leon County, alleging that the Department of Corrections' contract with the two faith-based groups violates the state constitution's prohibition on state revenue going to aid "any church, sect, or religious denomination or in aid of any sectarian institution." Read more.

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