The title was a little misleading, he wasn't sent to jail for being an Atheist, but, he WAS sent back to jail because he refused to participate in a religious 12 step program where he was supposed to acknowledge a 'higher power' and pray. Barry Hazle objected to the god based program and asked to be transferred to a non-religious program. The state of California ignored his requests. So, Hazle was sent back to jail on a parole violation. Barry and his lawyer sued the state and won. Mr. Hazle will receive almost $2 million dollars from the state. The state has now changed it's requirements for parolees who will now be offered a non secular recovery program.
Good. It serves California right and I hope the judge who put him in that religion based program is taking some heat for the cost to the state of violating someone's constitutional rights.
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Good. He should win. Religion cannot be foisted upon anyone. Nobody is ever going to believe the exact same things, even in the same church. No way. People that think Atheism is a religion are just stoooopid.
Rox
I know, it makes me so mad when people suggest Atheism is a gd religion.
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