http://blog.au.org/2008/03/18/courtordered-faith-its-time-to-sever-the-tie-between-religion-and-rehab/

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A man was arrested for marijuana and the court told him he could go to jail if entered “re-hab”. Once he was in re-hab, he was not allowed to practice his religion. He was not allowed visits with his clergyman, his prayer book was confiscated and was threatened with jail if he didn’t get with the program.

When a family member of his complained, they was told the young man had given up his religious freedom when he “signed up” for the program.

By the way, this man rec’d no actual drug re-hab services, the whole program was centered upon destroying his religious convictions.

Should our court system be facilitating these type of “drug rehab” programs in any way, shape or form.
Excuse me, I should have said he was told he could AVOID jail if he went to re-hab.

(no other re-hab was offered)
Yes, magiepix, I avoided letting people know right away that this was one Christian group denying a Christian of another denomination the right to worship.

Yes, as a Catholic he WAS denied the right to worship, and was also told that his religion was witchcraft. I have read several stories about this over the years.

I am sure that when he agreed to go into a “christian” based re-hab, that he was NOT informed that this “Christian” based “re-hab” was rabidly ANTI -CATHOLIC.

And this was not a “drug re-hab” program, it was a pure and simple religious indocrination boot camp.
Here are some more articles about this

http://www.aclu.org/religion/frb/16354prs20040720.html

http://www.catholicleague.org/annualreport.php?year=2004&id=96

Here’s a tongue in cheek article about this

http://atheism.about.com/b/2005/12/12/secularist-atheists-force-freedom-from-religion-on-teen.htm

http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Alt/alt.politics/2007-12/msg00363.html