The suit filed Friday in federal court in upstate New York argues that the April 8 eclipse is an event significant to many religions and that the lockdown violates their constitutional rights to practice their faiths.

NEW YORK (AP) — Inmates in New York are suing the state corrections department over the decision to lock down prisons during next Monday’s total solar eclipse.

The suit filed Friday in federal court in upstate New York argues that the April 8 lockdown violates inmates’ constitutional rights to practice their faiths by preventing them from taking part in a religiously significant event.

The plaintiffs are six men with varying religious backgrounds who are incarcerated at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Woodbourne. They include a Baptist, a Muslim, a Seventh-Day Adventist and two practitioners of Santeria, as well as an atheist.

“A solar eclipse is a rare, natural phenomenon with great religious significance to many,” the complaint reads, noting that Bible passages describe an eclipse-like phenomenon during Jesus’ crucifixion while sacred Islamic works describes a similar event when the Prophet Muhammad’s son died.

read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/new-york-inmates-are-suing-to-watch-the-solar-eclipse-after-state-orders-prisons-locked-down

    • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Honestly, this shit is so strange. Like are you even for real? You got mad at me for making bad jokes and it’s getting to the point of creepiness.

      Did I seem upset at those comments? Or did I just make silly jokes about them? I mean seriously dude, take a step back. Maybe log off the internet for a day or two and interact with some real people because… yikes.

      I’m done indulging this bizarre obsession you’ve got. This will be my last reply here. I hope you work out whatever you need to work out.

        • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          No. I would say that “this is all because” I made an innocuous (and purposely bad) joke about sentient cookies in response to that.

          That really seemed to set you off for some reason. So then it was off to the races, one bad (but completely neutral) joke after another and each time you got seemingly more and more upset… Which I found hilarious in a meta sort of way.

          Anyway, it doesn’t matter, it’s all here in the open to see. Not that literally anyone else on the planet should waste the brain cells reading it.

          And here I am doing what I said I wouldn’t. It would be nice if Lemmy had that option like reddit where you can disable inbox replies so I don’t have to see your befuddled questions…