Post by Paddy by Grace on Feb 24, 2009 9:07:41 GMT -7
But yet it's ok for a demonic cult to enter and teach all kinds of despicable thing in the name of their "god", (Islam)
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Prison ministry on lockdownCharlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 2/22/2009 4:05:00 AM
A Christian legal defense organization has filed a lawsuit against the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
The Rutherford Institute is representing Wingspread Ministries, a Christian prison outreach ministry that sends Bibles and other religious materials to prisoners. Attorney Doug McKusick is handling the case.
"Part of their ministry is to write personal letters to prison inmates and express their Christian religious beliefs to these inmates," he explains, "and try to have a religious relationship and help the prisoners develop their religious beliefs and their personal relationship with Christ."
The ministrsy also mails brochures and Bibles to inmates, but McCusick says prison officials recently brought that to a screeching halt. "They were told that they couldn't send books and materials directly to prisoners, that this was a security risk," he points out. "And they were also told that they couldn't write personal letters to certain inmates."
McKusick says the volunteers write about their own stories and relationship with Christ to help make the Bible more relevant to the inmates. The Institute argues the prison system actions violate the U.S. Constitution and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=425978
Prison ministry on lockdownCharlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 2/22/2009 4:05:00 AM
A Christian legal defense organization has filed a lawsuit against the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
The Rutherford Institute is representing Wingspread Ministries, a Christian prison outreach ministry that sends Bibles and other religious materials to prisoners. Attorney Doug McKusick is handling the case.
"Part of their ministry is to write personal letters to prison inmates and express their Christian religious beliefs to these inmates," he explains, "and try to have a religious relationship and help the prisoners develop their religious beliefs and their personal relationship with Christ."
The ministrsy also mails brochures and Bibles to inmates, but McCusick says prison officials recently brought that to a screeching halt. "They were told that they couldn't send books and materials directly to prisoners, that this was a security risk," he points out. "And they were also told that they couldn't write personal letters to certain inmates."
McKusick says the volunteers write about their own stories and relationship with Christ to help make the Bible more relevant to the inmates. The Institute argues the prison system actions violate the U.S. Constitution and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).