The atheist Freedom From Religion Foundation has fired off multiple complaint letters to an Indiana sheriff's office after hundreds of inmates in Decatur County have been baptized.
The 'Fox & Friends Weekend' co-host weighs in after an op-ed in The Atlantic labeled the Rosary as an 'extremist symbol.'has issued multiple complaints accusing an Indiana sheriff's office of"[pushing] Christianity onto inmates" after hundreds of detainees have been baptized in recent years.
David Durant accusing the Decatur County Detention Center of"multiple constitutional violations" by"promoting Christianity and coercing detainees into participating in religious exercises."on its Facebook page of dozens of inmates being baptized. "Over the past four years, nearly 300 men and women have given their life to Jesus Christ while incarcerated at the Decatur County Detention Center. All glory to GOD!"
On Jan. 13, foundation staff attorney Christopher Line wrote a letter to Durant, who is no longer sheriff, complaining that his office had not heededThe letter demanded that the jail cease"its promotion of, and official affiliation with, Christianity on its official social media pages and through its religious events, programs, and activities in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
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