TALLAHASSEE -- A federal judge has ordered the Florida Department of Corrections to offer kosher meals to jewish prisoners.
The state has also maintained that it is not required to offer kosher meals under federal laws protecting religious liberty. Seitz barred DOC from enforcing four rules used in the kosher program at Union: • A 90-day waiting period that the state said it will no longer enforce. • A requirement that inmates undergo a "test" to determine whether they qualify for the program, including answering a question about the specific religious laws that require them to eat kosher. • The "10 percent rule," which drops a prisoner who fails to eat at least 90 percent of his or her meals. • The "zero-tolerance rule," which removes an inmate from the program for a period of time if he or she is found to eat something prison officials say is not kosher. The state has argued that offering kosher meals at every prison could become prohibitively expensive. If enrollment were the same as an old program offering kosher food, it would cost the state less than $1.1 million a year. But the Union program has an unexpectedly high enrollment, which could result in a cost of almost $54.1 million if it went statewide, according to Seitz's ruling. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/12/17/3823024/judge-orders-kosher-meals-at-state.html#storylink=cpy Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/12/17/3823024/judge-orders-kosher-meals-at-state.html#storylink=cpy On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 6:05:32 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > BareNakedIslam posted: "This is a CAIR set-up if ever there was one. > Lionel, allegedly a 'non-Muslim,' and an obvious troublemaker, was refused > service at the church food bank because he tried to demand halal > (Islam-approved) food for a Muslim woman and her son. It all started w" > > New post on *BARE NAKED ISLAM* > <http://www.barenakedislam.com/?author=1> CAIR sends its Litigation > Jihadasts to threaten an Oregon Church Food Bank for not having halal > (Islam-approved) > food<http://www.barenakedislam.com/2014/01/06/cair-sends-its-litigation-jihadasts-to-threaten-an-oregon-church-food-bank-for-not-having-halal-islam-approved-food/> > by > BareNakedIslam <http://www.barenakedislam.com/?author=1> > > This is a CAIR set-up if ever there was one. Lionel, allegedly a > 'non-Muslim,' and an obvious troublemaker, was refused service at the > church food bank because he tried to demand halal (Islam-approved) food for > a Muslim woman and her son. It all started when Lionel volunteered with a > church that distributes food to the […] > > Read more of this > post<http://www.barenakedislam.com/2014/01/06/cair-sends-its-litigation-jihadasts-to-threaten-an-oregon-church-food-bank-for-not-having-halal-islam-approved-food/> > *BareNakedIslam <http://www.barenakedislam.com/?author=1>* | January 6, > 2014 at 8:53 pm | URL: http://wp.me/p276zM-10Eb > > > Comment<http://www.barenakedislam.com/2014/01/06/cair-sends-its-litigation-jihadasts-to-threaten-an-oregon-church-food-bank-for-not-having-halal-islam-approved-food/#respond> > > See all > comments<http://www.barenakedislam.com/2014/01/06/cair-sends-its-litigation-jihadasts-to-threaten-an-oregon-church-food-bank-for-not-having-halal-islam-approved-food/#comments> > > > > Unsubscribe<https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=7f89380f46003915c34c2cdd2b126a38&email=bovinescatologists%40gmail.com&b=Lc-%7Cpu490TWUWPWMNu4fCO%2Bugc2yAlV%2BQWSwHXrYuktZg299hFv>to > no longer receive posts from BARE NAKED ISLAM. > Change your email settings at Manage > Subscriptions<https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=7f89380f46003915c34c2cdd2b126a38&email=bovinescatologists%40gmail.com>. > > > > *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser: > > http://www.barenakedislam.com/2014/01/06/cair-sends-its-litigation-jihadasts-to-threaten-an-oregon-church-food-bank-for-not-having-halal-islam-approved-food/ > > > > > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
