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Related: About this forumFederal Prisons Agree to Recognize Humanism as Religion
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/federal-prisons-agree-recognize-humanism-religion-32721138The federal Bureau of Prisons agreed in the settlement of a lawsuit to add a section on humanism to its manual on inmate beliefs and practices. Officials in the prison system will also consider requests from humanist inmates for access to study materials, observance of holy days, and time and space for religious activities.
Inmate Jason Michael Holden and the American Humanist Association filed the lawsuit last year, saying Holden and other humanist prisoners were prohibited from forming a study group at a federal prison in Sheridan, Oregon. The settlement was reached earlier this month, and the association announced the settlement in a news release issued on Monday.
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The settlement comes a little more than a year after the U.S. Army added humanist to its list of religious preferences.
It is unknown how many inmates identify as humanist. But giving them the ability to choose that preference, and to have it entered in the federal prison database, will allow the number to be calculated.
Inmate Jason Michael Holden and the American Humanist Association filed the lawsuit last year, saying Holden and other humanist prisoners were prohibited from forming a study group at a federal prison in Sheridan, Oregon. The settlement was reached earlier this month, and the association announced the settlement in a news release issued on Monday.
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The settlement comes a little more than a year after the U.S. Army added humanist to its list of religious preferences.
It is unknown how many inmates identify as humanist. But giving them the ability to choose that preference, and to have it entered in the federal prison database, will allow the number to be calculated.
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Federal Prisons Agree to Recognize Humanism as Religion (Original Post)
trotsky
Jul 2015
OP
Neither is Scientology, but that didn't stop them from getting federally recognized as a religion
Major Nikon
Jul 2015
#2
True, its a philosophy, however, for legal purposes it should be categorized and protected...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2015
#3
mr blur
(7,753 posts)1. But it's NOT a religion - that's the whole point!
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)2. Neither is Scientology, but that didn't stop them from getting federally recognized as a religion
Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)3. True, its a philosophy, however, for legal purposes it should be categorized and protected...
like a religion, so the religion category is useful in this regard.
mr blur
(7,753 posts)4. Well, if they're going to give us Humanists tax-free status. . .
I could bite my tongue, I guess.