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  • Iowa prison ordered to close Bible program

    06/03/2006 9:56:08 AM PDT · by rface · 55 replies · 1,336+ views
    yahoo - AP ^ | Sat Jun 3, 9:43 AM ET | JAMES BELTRAN
    DES MOINES, Iowa - A judge has ruled that a Bible-based prison program violates the First Amendment's freedom of religion clause by using state funds to promote Christianity to inmates. Prison Fellowship Ministries, which was sued in 2003 by an advocacy group, was ordered Friday to cease its program at the Newton Correctional Facility and repay the state $1.53 million. "This calls into question the funding for so many programs," said Barry Lynn, executive director of the Washington-based Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which filed the suit. "Anyone who doesn't stop it is putting a giant 'sue...