Prison ministry case argued

A panel of three federal judges including former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor heard Tuesday from both sides of an Iowa prison ministry dispute at the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in a case that will impact how religious organizations minister to inmates.

The case centers on whether a contract between Iowa and Prison Fellowship Ministries Inc. for voluntary inmate rehabilitation is unconstitutional. The program, InnerChange Freedom Initiative, is grounded in evangelical Christianity.

The non-profit Americans United for the Separation of Church and State challenged the program's constitutionality in an Iowa federal district court last year. U.S. District Judge Robert Pratt agreed in June, and ordered the program closed.

"Americans United" for the downfall of the country - it's no surprise that this anti-Christian, anti-American group is behind this apparent effort to eliminate all faith-based prison programs...

Subversives seem to be everywhere these days...