Inmate Loses Bid for Fiery Worship Space
Submitted by pastordale on Thu, 2007-10-04 09:31.
A federal appeals court has rejected an Alabama inmate's bid to build a fire in a pit at a state prison as part of his religious worship. Tony Lee Smith, 38, wanted to build a fire at St. Clair Correctional Facility to practice an ancient polytheistic Nordic religion called Odinism, according to his lawsuit.Where's the line? What if he wanted to burn a cross?
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