[xzins]

It sounds like a voluntary program:

If Judge Pratt's ruling is allowed to stand, says Prison Fellowship president Mark Earley, it will "enshrine" religious discrimination. The ruling, he states, "has attacked the right of people of faith to operate on a level playing field in the public arena and to provide services to those who volunteered to receive them."

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Earlier thread here...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1642839/posts

[P-Marlowe]

I'm still kind of confused. Apparently this program received 1.5 million in taxpayer money. I think the problem may be in the receipt of the government funds rather than the program itself. I'm curious as to what the taxpayer funds were designated to be used for and whether other religious organizations or even non-religious organizations were given equal access.

I do not believe there is any way that the government can, at this point, require that prison fellowship return the 1.5 million since Prison Fellowship did not violate the law. If the law was violated at all it was violated by the State of Iowa. If, in fact, the judge ordered Prison Fellowship to return the 1.5 million then I would have to assume that the rest of the opinion is equally flawed.

[Alamo-Girl]

Jeepers ... thanks for the ping!