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But no law has been created to prevent visits, it's just not something the prisons do anymore. Unless you think religious people should have the power to force
by jughtuyi 10y ago
But no law has been created to prevent visits, it's just not something the prisons do anymore.
Unless you think religious people should have the power to force you to offer services you don't want to this doesn't apply.
'My religion says that you must offer the public tours around your house.'
- apsec112 10y agoThis applies to prisons because they are part of the government, and are therefore state actors. It doesn't apply to private citizens.
- ifdefdebug 10y agoReally? Following your bogus argument, the next thing would be to feed the prisoners with bread and water - no law has been created to prevent hot meals, it's "just not something the prisons do anymore". Prisons are entities which have the power to force human beings into their services - so society has to force the rules over them. This has nothing to do with religion.
- icebraining 10y agoBut the whole context of this subthread started by benjohnson is about how this goes against the Christian beliefs, and that's what jughtuyi is replying to.
- tyingq 10y ago>>the next thing would be to feed the prisoners with bread and water Sadly, things somewhat close to this already exist. A common "tough on crime" statement goes something like "well, they're getting 3 hot meals a day". In Texas, right now, many of the prisons give prisoners 2 meals a day on weekends instead of 3...supposedly because staffing it too low to serve 3.