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Re:U.S. Supreme Court keeps ruling barring prosecution for s... by munk-a on Monday December 16, 2019 @02:49PM (#21806468)
My apologies - I have been reading this in line with the article with the scenario question including "... and potentially be jailed for not attending".

Omitting that addendum I agree this is more clear cut legally - I still think there may be moral questions about feeding people conditional on their attendance to a lecture religious or otherwise, but honestly... there are some moral questions about refusing to feed someone in need in any circumstances that our society has mostly moved on from acknowledging so I think most of my objections (excluding the potential arresting scenarios) are academic and beyond the common ethics.

Neat thread though, lots of fun stuff in it.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court keeps ruling barring prosecution for s... by alistairSH on Monday December 16, 2019 @02:57PM (#21806547)
Yeah, the edge case is jailing the homeless, when there are beds available, but those beds are contingent on indoctrination. The way the article reads, that wasn't fully answered with this case. FWIW, my vote would be forced indoctrination would be illegal in this context (ie, you can't jail for declining a bed with religious strings attached).
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