Religious Prison Rehab Suit

[Secular Elf]

Another news item from CFI's newsletter Cause & Effect:

CFI Files for Summary Judgment in Religious Prison Rehab Suit

In 2007, the Council for Secular Humanism (a program of CFI) filed suit in Leon County Circuit Court in Florida to stop the public funding of rehabilitation programs for former prisoners that are explicitly sectarian—Lamb of God and Prisoners of Christ—both of which call themselves “ministries” that base their rehabilitation services on biblical principles and Christian teachings. The suit has been (slowly) churning through the court system  since then, but the Center for Inquiry has now filed a motion of summary judgment to move things along. Given that there is no dispute about the facts of the case (they are admittedly ministries and provide a religious service with state money), and these facts violate the Florida state constitution, CFI moved to have the case quickly decided by the court without need for trial.
Of course, the decision as to whether the court will rule summarily will itself take some time, and we’ll of course keep you informed, but we are very confident that the facts of this case speak for themselves. You can see the full motion here.